Table 1 Gastropod records, stations, habitat and distribution details (in the study area)
Family | Species | New records | The collection stations | Zone/depth (m) | Habitat | Mode of life [107] | Found | Origin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N Aegean Sea | S Aegean Sea | Ionian Sea | ||||||||
Fissurellidae | Diodora funiculata (Reeve, 1850) | R1 | Â | 14 | Â | 1 | Rocky bottom with Mytilus galloprovincialis | Herbivorous | Alive | E Mediterranean Sea Lessepsian |
Fissurisepta granulosa Jeffreys, 1883 | R1, EM | 1 | Â | Â | 400 | Coralliferous bottom | Herbivorous | Shell | W & C Mediterranean Sea | |
Lepetidae | Iothia fulva (O. F. Müller, 1776) | R1 | 1 |  |  | 400 | Coralliferous bottom | Detritivorous | Shells | Mediterranean Sea |
Propilidium exiguum (W. Thompson, 1844) | R1 | 1 | Â | Â | 400 | Coralliferous bottom | Probably detritivorous | Shells | Mediterranean Sea | |
Anatomidae | Anatoma tenuisculpta (Seguenza, 1880) | R1, EM | 1 | Â | Â | 400 | Coralliferous bottom | Herbivorous | Shells | W Mediterranean Sea |
Addisoniidae | Addisonia excentrica (Tiberi, 1855) | R1 | 1 | Â | Â | 50 | Mixed bottom | Herbivorous | Shell | Mediterranean Sea |
Skeneidae | Akritogyra conspicua (Monterosato,1880) | R1 | 1 | Â | Â | 400 | Coralliferous bottom | No documentation on diet | Shells | W Mediterranean Sea |
Cirsonella romettensis (Granata-Grillo, 1877) | R1, EM | 1 | Â | Â | 400 | Coralliferous bottom | No documentation on diet | Shells | W Mediterranean Sea | |
Lissomphalia bithynoides (Monterosato, 1880) | R1 | Â | Â | 27 | 80 | Mixed bottom | No documentation on diet | Shell | Mediterranean Sea | |
Chilodontidae | Danilia costellata (O.G. Costa, 1861) | R1 | Â | 16, 22, 23, 24 | Â | 80, 120 | Coralliferous bottom and maerl | Herbivorous | Alive & shell | Mediterranean Sea |
Trochidae | Gibbula vimontiae Monterosato, 1884 | R1, EM | Â | 18 | Â | 40 | Mixed bottom | Herbivorous | Alive | W Mediterranean Sea |
Neritidae | Smaragdia souverbiana (Montrouzier in Souverbie & Montrousier, 1863) | R2 | Â | 14, 17, 23 | Â | 0, 30, 40 | Mixed bottom | Herbivorous | Alive & shells | E Mediterranean Sea Lessepsian |
Cerithiidae | Rhinoclavis kochi (Philippi, 1848) | R1 |  | 19, 20 |  | 1–3 | Sandy bottom | Herbivorous | Shells | E Mediterranean Sea Lessepsian |
Newtoniellidae | Cerithiella metula (Lovén, 1846) | R1 | 1 |  |  | 400 | Coralliferous bottom | Feeds on sponges | Shells | Mediterranean Sea |
Cerithiopsidae | Cerithiopsis annae Cecalupo & Buzzurro, 2005 | R1, EM | 5 | Â | Â | 8 | Aplysina aerophoba | Feeds on sponges | Alive | C Mediterranean Sea |
Cerithiopsis buzzurroi (Cecalupo & Robba, 2010) | R1 | 5 | 20, 23 |  | 8–90 | Mixed bottom | Feeds on sponges | Alive & shell | Mediterranean Sea | |
Cerithiopsis denticulata (Cecalupo & Robba, 2010) | R1 | 5, 6, 9 | 23 | Â | 7, 15, 50 | Aplysina aerophoba & Euspongia officinalis | Feeds on sponges | Shell | Mediterranean Sea | |
Cerithiopsis jeffreysi Watson, 1885 | R1 | 6 | 25 | Â | 3 | Aplysina aerophoba | Feeds on sponges | Alive & shell | Mediterranean Sea | |
Cerithiopsis ladae Prkic & Buzzurro, 2007 | R1, EM | 7, 9 | Â | Â | 4, 40 | Aplysina aerophoba, Sarcotragus fasciculatus | Feeds on sponges | Alive | W & C Mediterranean Sea | |
Cerithiopsis oculisfictis Prkic & Mariottini, 2010 | R1, EM | 9 | Â | Â | 10 | Cladocora caespitosa | Feeds on sponges | Alive | C Mediterranean Sea | |
Cerithiopsis petanii Prkic & Mariottini, 2010 | R1, EM | 9 | Â | Â | 10 | Mixed bottom | Feeds on sponges | Alive | C Mediterranean Sea | |
Cerithiopsis pulvis (Issel, 1869) | R1 | Â | 20, 21 | Â | 10 | Mixed bottom | Feeds on sponges | Shells | E Mediterranean Sea Lessepsian | |
Cerithiopsis scalaris Locard, 1891 | R1 | 9, 10 | 23 | Â | 10, 60 | Muddy bottom Mixed bottom | Feeds on sponges | Alive & shells | Mediterranean Sea | |
Horologica sp. | R1, EM, M | 13 | Â | Â | 6 | Aplysina aerophoba | Feeds on sponges | Alive | Unknown | |
Krachia tiara (Monterosato 1874) | R1 | Â | 21 | Â | 80 | Mixed bottom | Feeds on sponges | Shell | Mediterranean Sea | |
Newtoniellidae | Cerithiella metula (Lovén, 1846) | R1 | 1 |  |  | 400 | Coralliferous bottom | Feeds on sponges | Shells | Mediterranean Sea |
Triphoridae | Monophorus amicitiae Romani, 2015 | R1, EM | Â | 23 | Â | 70, 90 | Maerl | Feeds on sponges | Shells | W Mediterranean Sea |
Obesula marisnostri Bouchet, 1985 | R2 (data for the animal) | Â | 23 | Â | 100 | Maerl | Feeds on sponges | Alive | Mediterranean Sea | |
Strobiligera brychia (Bouchet & Guillemot, 1978) | R1, EM | 1 | Â | Â | 400 | Rocky bottom | Feeds on sponges | Shells | W Mediterranean Sea | |
Epitoniidae | Epitonium tryoni (de Boury, 1913) | R1, EM | Â | Â | 26 | 200 | Rocky bottom | Feeds on anthozoa | Shell | W Mediterranean Sea |
Janthina pallida W. Thompson, 1840 | R1 | Â | Â | 28 | Beached | Sea surface | Feeds on cnidaria | Shells | Cosmopolitan | |
Opalia crenata (Linnaeus, 1758) | R2 |  |  | 29 | Beached 5–10 | Rocky bottom | Feeds on anthozoa | Shells | Mediterranean Sea | |
Nystiellidae | Narrimania concinna (Sykes, 1925) | R1, EM | 11 | 23 | Â | 90, 135 | Hard substrate | Feeds on sponges | Alive & shell | S Mediterranean Sea |
Opaliopsis atlantis (Clench & Turner, 1952) | R1, EM | 1, 2 | Â | Â | 200, 400 | Rocky and coralliferous | Feeds on anthozoa | Alive & shells | Mediterranean Sea | |
Eulimidae | Acrochalix cf. callosa Bouchet & Warén, 1986 | R1, EM, M | 1, 10 |  |  | 70, 450 | Coralliferous bottom Muddy bottom | Feeds on echinodermata | Shells | NE Atlantic |
Campylorhaphion cf. famelicum (Watson, 1883) | R1 | 4 | Â | Â | 35 | Mixed bottom | Feeds on echinodermata | Alive | Mediterranean Sea | |
Curveulima dautzenbergi (Pallary, 1900) | R1, EM | 7, 9 | Â | Â | 40 | Mixed bottom | Feeds on echinodermata | Alive | W Mediterranean Sea | |
Haliella stenostoma (Jeffreys, 1858) | R1 | 1 | Â | Â | 400 | Coralliferous bottom | Feeds on echinodermata | Shell | Mediterranean Sea | |
Nanobalcis nana (Monterosato, 1878) | R1 | 3 | 23 |  | 40–120 | Mixed bottom | Feeds on echinodermata | Alive & shells | Mediterranean Sea | |
Sticteulima jeffreysiana (Brusina, 1869) | R2 | 3, 4, 5, 12, 13 | 23 |  | 30–70 | Mixed bottom | Feeds on echinodermata | Alive & shells | Mediterranean Sea | |
Muricidae | Aspella anseps (Lamarck, 1822) | R1 |  | 21 |  | 6–10 | Mixed bottom | Benthic predator | Shells | Mediterranean Sea |
Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) | R1, EM | 8 | Â | Â | 10 | Mixed bottom | Carnivorous | Alive | W & C Mediterranean | |
Columbellidae | Mitrella pallaryi (Dautzenberg, 1927) | R1 | Â | 23 | Â | 30-70 | Biogenic substrate | Carnivorous | Alive | Mediterranean Sea |
Architectonicidae | Heliacus jeffreysianus (Tiberi, 1867) | R2 | Â | 16 | Â | 100 | Maerl | Cnidarian ectoparacite | Alive | Mediterranean Sea |
| Â | Spirolaxis clenchi Jaume & Borro, 1946 | R1 | 1 | Â | Â | 400 | Coralliferous bottom | Cnidarian ectoparacite | Shells | Mediterranean Sea |
Mathildidae | Mathilda coronata Monterosato, 1875 | R1 |  | 17 |  | 80–120 | Biogenic substrate Maerl | Feeds on cnidaria | Shells | Mediterranean Sea |