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Scissurellidae and Anatomidae of the Mediterranean Sea, with first record of Sinezona semicostata 707
Micromolluscs (< 5 mm total shell length: see Geiger D.L., 1998. Recent genera and species of the
Geiger et al., 2007 for review) are more in need of family Haliotidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda). The
Nautilus, 111: 85-116.
study and yield many more discoveries. Despite the
Geiger D.L., 2012. Monograph of the Little Slit Shells.
very recent global monographic treatment of the
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa
scissurellids (Geiger, 2012), new discoveries can
Barbara, 2 vols.,1291 pp.
still be made as exemplified by the present contri-
Geiger D.L. & Owen B., 2001. The identity of Haliotis
bution. It is striking, that both the abalone cited
stomatiaeformis Reeve, 1846, from the Mediter-
above, as well as the scissurellids reported here,
ranean Sea (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Haliotidae).
have been found in the Southern Tyrrhenian Sea The Nautilus, 115: 77-83.
and the Sicily and its surrounding islands. Some of Geiger D. L., Marshall B., Ponder W., Sasaki T. & Waren
it may be due to available material and novel sens- A., 2007. Techniques for collecting, handling, and
itivity of collectors. However, none of the numerous preparing small molluscan specimens. Molluscan
Research, 27 (Special Issue): 1-50.
samples from North Africa, France, Spain, and the
Geiger D.L., Niitzel A., & Sasaki T., 2008. Vetigastro-
Adriatic Sea have yielded novel scissurellids (D.
poda. In: W. Ponder & D. Lindberg (Eds.), Phylogeny
Geiger, pers. obs.).
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Giannuzzi-Savelli R., Pusateri F., Palmeri A. & Ebreo C.,
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La Conchiglia, Rome, 258 pp.
Strong, and Jerry Harasewych (USNM) kindly
Giannuzzi-Savelli R., Pusateri F., Palmeri A. & Ebreo C.,
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1999. Atlas of Mediterranean Seashells, Volume 3
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