Melanopsis astropaliae ( Gambetta, 1929 )
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https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz160 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14858061 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/921887F8-0D69-8F54-FC90-FB6A2049F237 |
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Plazi |
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Melanopsis astropaliae ( Gambetta, 1929 ) |
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Melanopsis astropaliae ( Gambetta, 1929) View in CoL
(clade B)
Gambetta (1929: 104) described Melanopsis praemorsa var. astropaliae Gambetta, 1929 (for the original description see the Supporting Information, File S1) from ‘Stampalia’ [Astypalaia Island], between Naxos and Samos, thus within the range of our clade II (Naxos, Samos, Tinos). He described the completely smooth shell, black and purplish without brick brown. Considering the intraspecies colour variability in Melanopsis (Gambertta described it in detail), his description could be applied to our gastropods from Naxos, Samos and Tinos. The soft-parts’ coloration in the population from Naxos correspond with the one given by Gambetta for astropaliae . Certainly, there is too much emphasis on the shell coloration in his description, considering the wide variability of this character, clearly visible in our photographs. This clade is molecularly distinct, and Gambetta’s description is the only one published for a Melanopsis taxon in this region.
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