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A new species of Callochiton (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from the Strait of Messina (central Mediterranean)

Dell’Angelo, Bruno; Renda, Walter; Sosso, Maurizio; Sigwart, Julia D.; Giacobbe, Salvatore

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Archiv für Molluskenkunde International Journal of Malacology Band 146 Heft 2 (2017), p. 243 - 250

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published: Dec 20, 2017

DOI: 10.1127/arch.moll/146/243-250

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Abstract

A new species of Callochiton, C. stefaniae n. sp., is identified in the framework of investigations aimed to better characterise the Strait of Messina benthic ecosystem. The new species, found in a peculiar facies of hard bottoms densely colonised by the hydrocoral Errina aspera (Linnaeus, 1767), is morphologically distinct from the co-generic Callochiton septemvalvis (Montagu, 1803), living in the Mediterranean Sea and along other European coasts, and C. doriae (Capellini, 1859), living only in the Mediterranean Sea.

Keywords

Callochitonidae • Recent • Strait of Messina • Errina aspera • new species