Atys brocchii
Atys brocchii (Michelotti, 1847)
Atys brocchii @ Premià de Mar 9.05.1989 (Col. Lluís Dantart) by Lluís Toll
Taxonomy| | Superdomain | Biota |
| | Kingdom | Animalia |
| | Phylum | Mollusca |
| | Class | Gastropoda |
| | Subclass | Heterobranchia |
| | Infraclass | Euthyneura |
| | Subterclass | Tectipleura |
| | Order | Cephalaspidea |
| | Superfamily | Cylichnoidea |
| | Family | Cylichnidae |
| | Genus | Cylichna |
| | Species | Cylichna brocchii (Michelotti, 1847) |
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| | Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017)
Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 1778602). |
Taxonomic note: Species considered as fossil by WoRMS and CLEMAM, it is in the list of current species in Greece (Koukouras, 2010). The reports from the coasts of Maresme are the first for this species in the Spanish shores.
Description
Biology
Etymology
Distribution
Found in the Mediterranean only: as a fossil on the hill of Turin and in Tortona, Italy (Michelotti, 1847: 151 as Bulla Brocchii). In Greece it is reported as a current species (Koukouras, 2010). In Catalonia, Lluís Dantart found two shells on the Maresme coast: in Mataró on 5/05/1989 on a sand bottom at 10 m and at Premià de Mar on 9/05/1989 on a sand bottom at 20 m (see Toll et Ballesteros, 2017).
Abundance
| Western Mediterranean: | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Eastern Mediterranean: | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Atlantic Ocean: | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
MonthThis chart displays the monthly observation probability for Atys brocchii based on our own records.
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: GROC 2010-2011
: Enric Madrenas
: João Pedro Silva
: Bernard Picton
: GBIF.ORG
: OPK
: VIMAR
: Manuel Ballesteros.
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