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The family Raphitomidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) in the Greek Seas with the description of two new species
Manousis, T.; Kontadakis, C.; Mbazios, G.; Polyzoulis, G. (2018). The family Raphitomidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) in the Greek Seas with the description of two new species. Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 25(1): 14. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40709-018-0085-3
In: Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki. BioMed Central: London. e-ISSN 2241-5793, more
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  • Manousis, T.
  • Kontadakis, C.
  • Mbazios, G.
  • Polyzoulis, G.
Abstract

    Background

    The Raphitomidae family in the Mediterranean Sea is under revision. Accordingly, new data are of taxonomic and comparative relevance. In this study, new material from the Hellenic Seas is presented.

    Results

    The Raphitomidae fauna of Greece was collected and investigated during the period from October 2008 to February 2018. Thirty-five (35) species were identified and their status was compared with existing checklists and other collections. This effort revealed two new Raphitoma species, and one new record for the Mediterranean Sea. Also from the present collection, four species are new records for the East Mediterranean, 10 for the Hellenic fauna and six are reported for second time. The main identification characteristics and baseline ecological information are given and discussed.

    Conclusions

    By this report, the Hellenic Raphitomidae biodiversity is enriched by 10 new records, out of which, two are new species, one is new record for the Mediterranean Sea, and four for the East basin.

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