Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: A new species belonging to the genus Steromphala Gray, 1847 (Gastropoda Trochidae), based on shell characters is described from the Sicily Channel. Steromphala federicii n. sp. is here compared with the most closely related species showing marked sculpture, namely S. racketti (Payraudeau, 1826), and S. nivosa (A. Adams, 1853) which is endemic of the close area of Malta. The new species, exclusively found in the Skerki Bank, cannot yet be confirmed as endemic, due to the present limited knowledge about the Sicily Channel banks.
Source: BIODIVERSITY JOURNAL
Institution: University of Messina
Language: English
Subfield: Oceanography
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $161
OpenAlex ID: W4409058241