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Table 1 Gastropods records, habitat and distribution details (in the study area)

From: New gastropod records for the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and one new alien (Emarginula decorata Deshayes, 1863) for the Mediterranean Sea from NW Aegean Sea, Greece

FAMILY (the change of species number/genus, % additions for Greece based on Koukouras [19] and Manousis et al. [17])

Species

New record R: Greece EM: E Medit. A: Alien in Medit.

The collection Stations in the Gulfs

Zone/Depth (m)

Habitat

Mode of life [20]

Found

Origin

Thermaikos (1–4 stations)

Toronaeos (5–12 stations)

Siggitikos: (13–15 stations)

FISSURELLIDAE

Emarginula adriatica Costa, 1829

 

1

9, 10

14, 15

10 - 120

Posidonia, & mixed bottom

Feeds on sponges

Alive & shells

Mediterranean Sea

(6 species from 5, 20% for the genus)

Emarginula decorata Deshayes, 1863

R, EM, A

  

14

120

Mixed bottom

Feeds on sponges

Alive

Red Sea & SE Africa

Emarginula huzardii (Payraudeau, 1826)

 

1, 3

5, 7, 9, 12

14

60

Zostera, biogenic & mixed bottom

Feeds on sponges

Alive & shells

Mediterranean Sea

Emarginula octaviana Coen, 1939

   

15

10 - 45

Biogenic & mixed bottom

Feeds on sponges

Alive

Mediterranean Sea

Emarginula rosea Bell, 1824

 

1

8, 9, 12

14

10 - 60

Biogenic & mixed bottom

Feeds on sponges

Shells

Mediterranean Sea

Emarginula sicula Gray, 1825

 

3

  

9

Mixed bottom

Feeds on sponges

Alive & shell

Mediterranean Sea

SCISSURELLIDAE (new genus for Greece)

Anatoma micalii Geiger, 2012

R, EM

  

14

120

Mixed bottom

Euryphagous

Shells

W Mediterranean Sea & Sea of Marmara

No change

Scissurella costata d' Orbigny, 1824

 

1, 2

7, 8, 11

14

10 - 70

Posidonia & biogenic bottom

Feeds on live plant matter

Alive & shells

Mediterranean Sea

SKENEIDAE (new genus for Greece)

Skeneoides exilissima (Philippi, 1844)

R, EM

1

  

18

Mixed bottom

Feeds on hydroids

Shell

W Mediterranean Sea

PHASIANELLIDAE

Tricolia pullus (Linnaeus, 1758)

 

1, 3

5

15, 14

0 - 120

Zostera, biogenic & mixed bottom

Feeds on marine algae and grasses

Alive & shells

Mediterranean Sea

(4 species from 3, 33% for the genus)

Tricolia deschampsi Gofas, 1993

R, EM

  

14

120

Mixed bottom

Feeds on marine algae and grasses

Shell

Mediterranean Sea

Tricolia speciosa (Von Muehlfeldt, 1824)

 

3

 

15

0 - 30

Mixed bottom

Feeds on marine algae and grasses

Alive & shells

Mediterranean Sea

Tricolia tenuis (Michaud, 1829)

 

1

5

14, 15

5 - 60

Zostera, biogenic & mixed bottom

Feeds on marine algae and grasses

Alive & shells

Mediterranean Sea

SILIQUARIIDAE (new genus for Greece)

Petalopoma elisabettae Schiaparelli, 2002

R, EM

1, 4

10

15

10 - 70

Biogenic & mixed bottom

Feeds on sponges

Alive & shells

Central Mediterranean Sea

No change

Tenagodus obtusus (Schumacher, 1817)

 

1

  

10

Mixed bottom

Feeds on sponges

Shells

Mediterranean Sea

TRIPHORIDAE

Marshallora adversa (Montagu, 1903)

 

3, 4

  

60 - 70

Mixed bottom

Feeds on sponges

Shells

Mediterranean Sea

No change

(3 species from 2, 50% for the genus)

Monophorus erythrosoma (Bouchet & Guillemot, 1978)

 

1

 

14

5 - 120

Mixed bottom

Feeds on sponges

Alive & shells

Mediterranean Sea

Monophorus perversus (Linnaeus, 1758)

 

3

  

0

Zostera

Feeds on sponges

Shell

Mediterranean Sea

Monophorus thiriotae Bouchet, 1985

R

4

 

15

30 - 70

Mixed bottom

Feeds on sponges

Alive & shells

Mediterranean Sea

(new genus for Greece)

Obesula marinostri Bouchet, 1985

R, EM

1

  

10

Mixed bottom

Feeds on sponges

Alive

W Mediterranean Sea

(2 species from 1, 100% for the genus)

Similiphora similior (Bouchet & Guillemot, 1978)

 

1, 2, 3, 4

6

 

0 - 70

Zostera, biogenic & mixed bottom

Feeds on sponges

Alive & shells

Mediterranean Sea

Similiphora triclotae (Bouchet, 1996)

R, EM

2

 

14

40 - 60

Mixed bottom

Feeds on sponges

Alive & shells

W Mediterranean Sea

(new genus for Greece)

Strobiligera flammulata Bouchet & Waren, 1993

R, EM

  

14, 15

30 - 120

Mixed bottom

Feeds on sponges

Alive & shell

SW Mediterranean Sea

CERITHIOPSIDAE

Cerithiopsis atalaya Watson, 1885

R, EM

1, 4

 

15

10 - 70

Mixed bottom

Feeds on sponges

Shells

W Mediterranean Sea

(11 species from 3, 267% for the genus)

Cerithiopsis barleei Jeffreys, 1867

 

1

 

15

5 - 30

Mixed bottom

Feeds on sponges

Alive & shells

Mediterranean Sea

Cerithiopsis diadema Monterosato, 1874

R, EM

  

14

60

Mixed bottom

Feeds on sponges

Shell

W & Central Mediterranean Sea

Cerithiopsis fayalensis Watson, 1886

R, EM

1

 

14

20 - 120

Mixed bottom

Feeds on sponges

Alive & shells

W Mediterranean Sea

Cerirhiopsis horrida (Monterosato, 1874)

 

4

  

70

Mixed bottom

Feeds on sponges

Shell

Mediterranean Sea

Cerithiopsis micallii (Cecalupo & Villari, 1997)

R, EM

4

  

70

Mixed bottom

Feeds on sponges

Alive & shell

W & Central Mediterranean Sea

Cerithiopsis minima (Brusina, 1865)

 

3

 

14, 15

0 - 30

Mixed bottom

Feeds on sponges

Alive & Shells

Mediterranean Sea

Cerithiopsis nana Jeffreys, 1867

R

1

 

15

5 - 50

Mixed bottom

Feeds on sponges

Alive & shell

Mediterranean Sea

Cerithiopsis cf. oculisfictis Prkic & Mariottini, 2010

R, EM

4

  

100

Mixed bottom

Feeds on sponges

Alive

Mediterranean Sea

Cerithiopsis scalaris (Locard, 1892)

 

1

  

10

Mixed bottom

Feeds on sponges

Shell

Mediterranean Sea

Cerithiopsis tubercularis (Montagu, 1803)

 

1, 2, 4

  

5 - 70

Mixed bottom

Feeds on sponges

Alive & shells

Mediterranean Sea

(2 species from 1, 100% for the genus)

Dizoniopsis concatenata (Conti, 1864)

R, EM

1

  

20 - 30

Mixed bottom

Feeds on sponges

Alive & shells

Central Mediterranean Sea

Dizoniopsis coppolae (Aradas, 1879)

 

1, 4

  

20 - 70

Mixed bottom

Feeds on sponges

Shells

Mediterranean Sea

No change

Metaxia metaxa (delle Chiaje, 1828)

 

1

 

13, 14, 15

10 - 70

Biogenic & mixed bottom

Feeds on sponges

Alive & shells

Mediterranean Sea