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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
A gastropod from the tropical Atlantic becomes an established alien in the Mediterranean
Biological Invasions, Volume 12, No. 5, Year 2010
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Description
We report the occurrence of an established population of the gastropod Mitrella psilla (Duclos, 1846), native on west African coasts of Mauritania, Senegal and Angola, on the shore of La Goulette, Bay of Tunis. The molluscan species of tropical West African affinity hitherto ascertained in the Mediterranean are not aliens, but have a native range which encompasses at least part of the Alboran Sea since historical times. Mitrella psilla appears therefore as the first instance of a mollusc with a tropical Atlantic origin being added to the Mediterranean fauna. The species was found near an important commercial harbour and is presumed to have been introduced by shipping. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009.
Authors & Co-Authors
Antit, Mouna
Tunisia, Tunis
Université de Tunis el Manar, Faculté Des Sciences de Tunis
Gofas, S.
Spain, Malaga
Facultad de Medicina
Azzouna, Atf
Tunisia, Tunis
Université de Tunis el Manar, Faculté Des Sciences de Tunis
Statistics
Citations: 17
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s10530-009-9532-2
ISSN:
13873547
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Angola
Mauritania
Senegal