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Cylichna villersii, an Erythraean cephalaspideid snail (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) in the eastern Mediterranean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2013

Cesare Bogi  and
Bella S. Galil
Cesare Bogi
Affiliation:
Via Gino Romiti, 37, I-57124 Livorno, Italy
Bella S. Galil*
Affiliation:
National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanography & Limnological Research, POB 8030, Haifa 31080, Israel
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: B.S. Galil, National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanography & Limnological Research, POB 8030, Haifa 31080, Israel email: bella@ocean.org.il
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Abstract

Cylichna villersii, a minute ‘bubble snail’ is newly recorded in the Mediterranean Sea from specimens recently collected along the Israeli coastline. The species, described and illustrated, matches the syntype collected in the Red Sea by Savigny. It is the eighth Erythraean alien cephalaspideid species recorded in the Levantine Basin. The recent collection of many living specimens in several continuously sampled locations attests to the speed of its establishment in the south-eastern Levant.

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CephalaspideaCylichnidaeErythraean invasionalienLevantine Basin

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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 6 , 2013 , e92
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

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