Biodiversity Journal, 2021, 12 (1): 225–228 https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2021.12.4.225.228 First record of Calliostoma lusitanicum F. Nordsieck et García- Talavera, 1979 (Gastropoda Calliostomatiidae) in the Mediter- ranean Sea and remarks on C. alexandrinum Pallary, 1912 Andrea Nappo1*, Daniel Pellegrini2 & Attilio Pagli3 1Via S’Arrulloni 25, 09045 Quartu Sant’Elena, Cagliari, Italy; e-mail:
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[email protected] *Corresponding author ABSTRACT In this work is reported for the first time the presence of Calliostoma lusitanicum F. Nordsieck et García-Talavera, 1979 (Gastropoda Calliostomatiidae) in the Mediterranean Sea. Present sightings widen the known distribution of this species, found in the Madeira Archipelago and Canary Islands. The relationship between C. lusitanicum and C. alexandrinum Pallary, 1912 is discussed. KEY WORDS Calliostoma lusitanicum; Calliostomatiidae; Mollusca; Mediterranean Sea. Received 08.11.2020; accepted 26.02.2021; published online 15.03.2021 INTRODUCTION as shell height. Photos are obtained with a Nikon D90 and processed with Adobe Photoshop CC®. According to WoRMS (accessed on ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS. The 14.10.2020), 291 re cent species are currently placed following abbreviations and acronyms are used: in the genus Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (Gas- AN: Andrea Nappo collection (Quartu Sant’Elena, tropoda Calliostomatiidae) with a worldwide distri- Cagliari, Italy); AP: Attilio Pagli collection (Em- bution. In the Medi terranean Sea, according to the poli, Firenze, Italy); DP: Daniel Pellegrini collec- systematic list of the SIM (Italian Society of Mala- tion (Valmontone, Roma, Italy); MNHN: Muséum cology) (accessed 14.10.2020), 11 species are pres- National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris, France); SIM: ent.