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Paolo Russo

  • Biodiversity Journal, 5 (2): 107-116 - MONOGRAPH

    Paolo Russo
    The long journey of Fusinus rostratus (Olivi, 1792) (Gastropoda Fasciolariidae) from Portugal coasts to Venice Lagoon
    Proceedings of the Seventh Malacological Pontine Meeting, October 5th-6th, 2013 - San Felice Circeo, Italy

    ABSTRACT
    In the present paper the following morpha of Fusinus rostratus (Olivi, 1792) (Gastropoda Fasciolariidae) were investigated: Atlantic, Central and Southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Egadi Islands and the Sicilian Channel, Coasts of North Africa, the Central Adriatic Sea, Upper Adriatic Sea and the Venice Lagoon. Each of these morpha shows such morphological characteristics to be easily separated from the others. It is interesting to observe that the morphotype from the coast of Portugal is by far morphologically the closest to that from Northern Adriatic. A feature common to all the described morphotypes, is the presence of secondary cords, regularly spaced between the primary ones. The aim of this study is to split this species by geographical areas in order to facilitate further studies.