First observations of Ruminapaivae Lowe, 1861 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the south-east of France, based on taxonomic clarifications.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Amongst the genus Rumina, R.paivae was decribed from North Africa for the first time by Lowe in 1861 on the basis of a limited number of samples. During the 19^th and 20^th centuries, it was described several times, under different names and different ranks leading to a taxonomic imbroglio before being forgotten. In 2002, Mienis rehabilitated R.paivae, but Prevot et al. (2013, 2014) considered it as a large phenotype of R.decollata Linnaeus (1758) on the basis of genetic and anatomical studies.

New information

In this study, we present morphological and anatomical comparisons and differences between two groups of shells collected in France and considered as R.decollata. Using seven morphological characters rel

SUBMITTER: Aureglia L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10848888 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature