Pellilitorina pellita (E. von Martens, 1885 )

Zettler, Michael L. & Bick, Andreas, 2025, Molluscs from a shallow bay of King George Island (Antarctica, South Shetland Islands): An annotated checklist with new distributional records, Zootaxa 5631 (3), pp. 401-450 : 431

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scientific name	Pellilitorina pellita (E. von Martens, 1885 )
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38. Pellilitorina pellita (E. von Martens, 1885) View in CoL [ Figs 14L–M View FIGURE 14 ]

Litorina pellita E. von Martens, 1885: 92 View in CoL

Material examined. • 1 spm, Stn. 9.

Type locality. South Georgia.

Bathymetric distribution. 0–30 m.

Substrate. Hard bottom, grazing on macroalgae or stones.

Geographical distribution. ANTARCTICA: Antarctic Peninsula. SUBANTARCTICA: Kerguelen Islands. SCOTIA ARC: South Georgia, South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands. SOUTH AMERICA: -.

Remarks. We found only one single individual in the intertidal zone. The species is already known from Maxwell and Admiralty Bays.

References. Arnaud et al. (1986), Engl (2012), Aghmich et al. (2016), Aldea et al. (2016), Amsler et al. (2022).