Publisher : Biodiversity Journal
Place of publication :
Publication year : 2015
Thematic : Species
Language : English
Note
The Recent species currently ascribed to the Bela brachystoma-complex, Gastropoda
Mangeliidae, (i.e.: Bela brachystoma (Philippi, 1844); Bela africana Ardovini, 2004; Bela
ardovinii Mariottini et Oliverio, 2008; Bela exilis (Ardovini, 2004) should better be allocated
in the genus Sorgenfreispira Moroni, 1979. Based on numerous samples, the distribution of
the Recent species is summarised. Sorgenfreispira brachystoma (Philippi, 1844) comb. nov.
ranges from Scandinavia to southern Morocco. Sorgenfreispira africana (Ardovini, 2004)
comb. nov. is first recorded from Western Sahara, Ivory Coast, Angola and Ghana; Sorgenfreispira
ardovinii (Mariottini et Oliverio, 2008) comb. nov. is first recorded from Ivory
Coast; S. exilis (Ardovini, 2004) comb. nov. is first recorded from Mauritania, Western
Sahara, Ivory Coast, Angola. Based on the study of the type material, Bela brachystoma
apicalis Nordsieck, 1977, was actually based on specimens of B. taprurensis Pallary, 1904.
Bela taprurensis is here first recorded from Libya.
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Keywords : site-fidelity
Encoded by : Pauline Carmel Joy Eje