Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The aim of this work is to update the checklist of the marine malacofauna of the Culuccia Peninsula (NW Sardinia, Italy), based on research carried out over two years by SCUBA and free diving in all the main marine habitats of the peninsula. We provide here new records, all accompanied by in situ images of living animals or photographs of shells. In some cases, ecological and systematic notes are provided. With the new records of 39 species (27 gastropods and 12 bivalves), a total of 295 taxa belonging to the classes Bivalvia (84), Gastropoda (199), Polyplacophora (11), and Scaphopoda (1) have been listed from this Sardinian high-biodiversity spot. Two alien species already reported, Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814) and Bursatella leachii Blainville, 1817, can now be considered to be well established.
Source: Diversity
DOI: 10.3390/d17120809
Institutions: Roma Tre University, Sapienza University of Rome
Language: English
Subfield: Oceanography
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life below water
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,534
OpenAlex ID: W4416593100