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Identificazione e distribuzione nei mari italiani di specie non indigene Classe Gastropoda Pseudominolia nedyma Ordine Vetigastropoda Melvill 1897 Famiglia Trochidae SINONIMI RILEVANTI Minolia nedyma Melvill, 1897 Coralastele emigrans Nordsieck, 1972 DESCRIZIONE COROLOGIA / AFFINITA’ Senza dati. Conchiglia conica, più larga che alta, con 6 giri e 2 carene su ogni spira. L'ombelico è ampio ed a forma di imbuto. L'apertura è di forma DISTRIBUZIONE ATTUALE subquadrata. L'identificazione di questa specie è Oceano Indiano, Mar Rosso, Golfo Persico, semplice per la presenza delle 2 carene disposte Mediterraneo: Israele, Libano, Turchia. sui giri della conchiglia. PRIMA SEGNALAZIONE IN MEDITERRANEO COLORAZIONE Israele,1966 [Barash and Danin,1973]. Biancastra con chiazze di colore bruno che formano delle flammule assiali. PRIMA SEGNALAZIONE IN ITALIA - FORMULA MERISTICA - ORIGINE TAGLIA MASSIMA Oceano Indiano. - STADI LARVALI VIE DI DISPERSIONE PRIMARIE Progressiva penetrazione attraverso il Canale di - Suez. SPECIE SIMILI VIE DI DISPERSIONE SECONDARIE CARATTERI DISTINTIVI - - HABITAT STATO DELL ’INVASIONE Alien. Vive su substrati fangosi e sabbiosi fino alla profondità di circa 70 metri. Identificazione e distribuzione nei mari italiani di specie non indigene PARTICOLARI CONDIZIONI AMBIENTALI MOTIVI DEL SUCCESSO Sconosciuti. Sconosciute. SPECIE IN COMPETIZIONE BIOLOGIA - Sconosciuta. IMPATTI - DANNI ECOLOGICI - DANNI ECONOMICI - IMPORTANZA PER L ’UOMO Sconosciuta BANCA DEI CAMPIONI - PRESENZA IN G -BANK - PROVENIENZA DEL CAMPIONE TIPOLOGIA : (MUSCOLO / ESEMPLARE INTERO / CONGELATO / FISSATO ECC ) LUOGO DI CONSERVAZIONE CODICE CAMPIONE Identificazione e distribuzione nei mari italiani di specie non indigene BIBLIOGRAFIA Barash A. and Danin Z., 1973. The Indo-Pacific species of Mollusca in the Mediterranean and notes on a collection from the Suez Canal. Israel Journal of Zoology, 21 (3-4): 301-374 [ Isanda cf. holdsworthiana pp. 305-306, Fig. 3]. Barash A. and Danin Z., 1992. Fauna Palaestina: Mollusca I. Annotated list of Mediterranean molluscs of Israel and Sinai. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem, 405 p. + 372 Figs. Nordsieck F., 1972a. Marine Gastropoden aus der Shiqmona Bucht in Israel. Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 102: 227-245. Yaron I., 1976. Minolia nedyma Melvill, 1897 - an Indo-Pacific trochid in the Mediterranean. Argamon, 5 (5-6): 53-60. Yaron I., 1984. On the occurrence of Minolia nedyma Melvill, 1897 in the Red Sea. Bollettino Malacologico, 20 (5-8): 164-166. .

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