{"id":42720,"date":"2023-12-26T11:34:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T10:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/?p=42720"},"modified":"2023-12-30T13:50:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T12:50:09","slug":"bursatella-leachii-blainville-1817-mollusca-gastropoda-heterobranchia-una-reeixida-llebre-de-mar-global","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/en\/bursatella-leachii-blainville-1817-mollusca-gastropoda-heterobranchia-una-reeixida-llebre-de-mar-global\/","title":{"rendered":"Bursatella leachii Blainville, 1817 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia), a successful global sea hare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Miquel Pontes<sup>1<\/sup> &amp; Manuel Ballesteros <sup>1, 2<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><sup>1<\/sup>VIMAR, Vida Marina<br \/>\n<sup>2<\/sup>Emeritus Professor, Universitat de Barcelona, <a href=\"mailto:mballesteros@ub.edu\">mballesteros@ub.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Sea hares (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Aplysiida) are mollusks that live in temperate, subtropical or tropical seas. No species lives in polar seas. Most of the approximately 80 known species are medium to large in size and their diet is strictly herbivorous. Many species of sea hares have well-developed lateral extensions of the body (known as <em>parapods<\/em>) that allow some species to use them as fins for swimming, as, for example, occurs with <em>Aplysia fasciata<\/em> and <em>Akera bullata<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The species <em>Bursatella leachii<\/em>, the main character of this article, is a sea hare that does not share these traits because its parapods are fused, leaving only a small hole that communicates with the pallial cavity. In OPK (<a href=\"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/guia\/aplysiida\/bursatella-leachii\/\">Ballesteros <em>et al<\/em>., 2023<\/a>) you can delve into the curious morphology of this species, as well as different aspects of its biology. This species prefers to live in shallow bottoms and calm waters where macroscopic algae and seagrasses grow. In the Mediterranean it is usually found on sandy or muddy bottoms of bays, coastal lagoons or the interior of ports, often in meadows of <em>Caulerpa prolifera<\/em> or phanerogams such as <em>Zostera noltei<\/em>, <em>Cymodocea nodosa<\/em> and <em>Posidonia oceanica<\/em>, although it feeds mainly on diatoms, cyanobacteria and detritus, but it may occasionally feed on algae (Paige, 1988).<\/p>\n<p>But <em>Bursatella leachii<\/em> has some unknowns, some of them impossible to resolve, such as, for example, the exact origin of the first captured specimens that led to its recognition as a species. Its type locality is not known, as already indicated in volume 5 of the Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (Blainvile, 1817) edited by the famous French naturalist Georges Cuvier, who writes in its original language in French in the <em>Bursatella<\/em> entry : \u201cOn ignore sa patrie\u201d (Figure 1). Later Eales &amp; Engel (1935) indicate that the holotype, deposited in the British Museum in London, was collected in the \u201cIndian Seas\u201d, supposedly in some area where the Indian Ocean bathes the coasts of India, without specifying any type locality.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_42721\" style=\"width: 548px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42721\" data-attachment-id=\"42721\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/en\/bursatella-leachii-blainville-1817-mollusca-gastropoda-heterobranchia-una-reeixida-llebre-de-mar-global\/bursatella_original_description\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/bursatella_original_description.png?fit=600%2C554&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,554\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Figura 1. Descripci\u00f3n original de la especie Bursatella leachii en la obra de Cuvier (1817).\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Figura 1. Descripci\u00f3n original de la especie Bursatella leachii en la obra de Cuvier (1817).&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Figura 1. Descripci\u00f3n original de la especie Bursatella leachii en la obra de Cuvier (1817).&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/bursatella_original_description.png?fit=600%2C554&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-42721 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/bursatella_original_description.png?resize=538%2C497&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Figura 1. Descripci\u00f3n original de la especie Bursatella leachii en la obra de Cuvier (1817).\" width=\"538\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/bursatella_original_description.png?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/bursatella_original_description.png?resize=300%2C277&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/bursatella_original_description.png?resize=150%2C139&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-42721\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Figure 1<\/strong>. Original description of <em>Bursatella leachii<\/em> by Cuvier (1817).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On the other hand, due to its great chromatic variability and wide geographical distribution, numerous species included in the genera <em>Aclesia, Aplysia, Barnadaclesia, Notarchus<\/em> and <em>Ramosaclesia<\/em> or subspecies of <em>Bursatella<\/em> have been described, which are currently considered synonyms of <em>B. leachii<\/em> (Bazzicalupo et al ., 2020; WoRMS, 2023) (Table I).<\/p>\n<span id=\"tablepress-10-description\" class=\"tablepress-table-description tablepress-table-description-id-10\"><h6><strong>Table I. <\/strong>List of species and subspecies considered synonyms of <em>B. leachii<\/em> according to WoRMS and the geographical area where they were cited.<\/h6><br><\/span>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-10\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-10\" aria-describedby=\"tablepress-10-description\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\"><strong>Synonym<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"column-2\"><strong>Geographical Area<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>Bursatella leachii leachii<\/em> Blainville, 1817<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Sea of India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>Bursatella savigniana<\/em> Audouin, 1826<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Red Sea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>Bursatella leachii savigniana<\/em> Audouin, 1826<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Red Sea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>Aplysia pleii<\/em> Rang, 1828<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Western Atlantic, Antilles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>Bursatella leachii pleii<\/em> (Rang, 1828)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Western Atlantic, Antilles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>Notarchus laciniatus<\/em> R\u00fcppell &amp; Leuckart, 1830<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Red Sea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>Aplysia cirrhifera <\/em>Quoy &amp; Gaimard, 1832<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Indian Ocean, Mauritius<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>Bursatella lacinulata<\/em> A. Gould, 1852<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Western Atlantic, Brazil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>Bursatella leachii lacinulata<\/em> A. Gould, 1852<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Western Atlantic, Brazil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>Notarchus cirrosus<\/em> W. Stimpson, 1855<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Western Pac\u00edfic, China Sea and Japan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>Aclesia glauca<\/em> Cheeseman, 1878<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Southern Pacific, New Zealand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>Notarchus intrapictus<\/em> Cockerell, 1893<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Western Atlantic, Jamaica<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>Notarchus brevipes<\/em> H\u00e4gg, 1904<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Red Sea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>Aclesia freeri<\/em> L. E. Griffin, 1912<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Western Pacific, Philippines<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>Aclesia africana<\/em> Engel, 1926<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">South Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>Bursatella leachii africana<\/em> (Engel, 1926)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">South Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>Aclesia rosea<\/em> Engel, 1926<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Western Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>Bursatella leachii rosea<\/em> (Engel, 1926)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Western Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>Notarchus villosus<\/em> O'Donoghue, 1929<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">South Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-21\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>Ramosaclesia rex<\/em> J. K. Allan, 1932<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-22\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>Bursatella leachii hirasei<\/em> Eales &amp; Engel, 1935<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Japan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-23\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><em>Bursatella leachii guineensis<\/em> Bebbington, 1969<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Eastern Atlantic, Ghana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-10 from cache -->\n<p>Until very recently <em>B. leachii<\/em> was considered the only species of the genus <em>Bursatella<\/em>, with a circumtropical distribution and also present in temperate seas such as the Mediterranean Sea. However, Bazzicalupo <em>et al<\/em>. (2020) and Nimbs &amp; Wilson (2020), by using molecular analysis methods, managed to establish two new species: <em>B. ocelligera<\/em> and <em>B. hirsuta<\/em>, whose distribution is the Central and Western Pacific Ocean, respectively. It is still unknown why <em>B. leachii<\/em> has not yet been found along the American coasts of the Pacific Ocean or along the European coasts of the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>Another mystery about <em>B. leachii<\/em> was related to both its presence and the origin of the specimens found in the Mediterranean Sea. In this sea, the presence of <em>B. leachii<\/em> is relatively recent, with the first record of this species (O&#8217;Donoghue &amp; White, 1940) off the coast of Israel in 1940 and, since then, there have been numerous records that seemed to indicate its expansion from the eastern basin of the Mediterranean to the western basin, so its arrival in the Mediterranean was postulated through a Lessepsian migration from the Red Sea. However, the results of a recent work (Bazzicalupo <em>et al<\/em>., 2018), when comparing different specimens from the Atlantic, the Indo-Pacific and the Mediterranean, have proven that Mediterranean specimens have more affinities in their haplotypes with those of Atlantic origin than with those of Indo-Pacific origin, thus suggesting the hypothesis of a migration of the species from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean through the Strait of Gibraltar. This has also been corroborated by another more recent work (C\u00f3rdoba <em>et al<\/em>., 2023) when studying specimens collected on the Catalan coasts (NE Spain).<\/p>\n<p>This article provides an extensive table with the localized records of <em>B. leachii<\/em> at a global level obtained through scientific publications, data from specimens preserved in museums and research centers, from Internet platforms confirmed by photographs or unpublished data. The presence and expansion of this species on the coasts of Catalonia (NE Spain) is discussed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"900\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/opistobranquis.info\\\/en\\\/bursatella-leachii-blainville-1817-mollusca-gastropoda-heterobranchia-una-reeixida-llebre-de-mar-global\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:44192421}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 900px; height: 402px;\" data-original-width=\"900\" data-original-height=\"402\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 601px; height: 402px;\" data-original-width=\"601\" data-original-height=\"402\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/en\/guia\/aplysiida\/bursatella-leachii\/bursatella-leachii-laguna-fusaro-bacoli-napoli-by-guido-villani-med_9013-web\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"597\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"398\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"19610\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bursatella-leachii-@-Laguna-Fusaro-Bacoli-Napoli-by-Guido-Villani-MED_9013.-\u00aeweb.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"787,525\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-title=\"Bursatella leachii @ Laguna Fusaro, Bacoli, Napoli by Guido Villani\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Bursatella leachii @ Laguna Fusaro, Bacoli, Napoli by Guido Villani&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bursatella-leachii-%40-Laguna-Fusaro-Bacoli-Napoli-by-Guido-Villani-MED_9013.-%C2%AEweb.jpg?fit=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bursatella-leachii-%40-Laguna-Fusaro-Bacoli-Napoli-by-Guido-Villani-MED_9013.-%C2%AEweb.jpg?fit=787%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bursatella-leachii-%40-Laguna-Fusaro-Bacoli-Napoli-by-Guido-Villani-MED_9013.-%C2%AEweb.jpg?w=597&#038;h=398&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"597\" height=\"398\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"597\" data-original-height=\"398\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Bursatella leachii @ Laguna Fusaro, Bacoli, Napoli by Guido Villani\" alt=\"Bursatella leachii @ Laguna Fusaro, Bacoli, Napoli by Guido Villani\" style=\"width: 597px; height: 398px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Bursatella leachii @ Laguna Fusaro, Bacoli, Napoli by Guido Villani <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 299px; height: 402px;\" data-original-width=\"299\" data-original-height=\"402\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/en\/guia\/aplysiida\/bursatella-leachii\/bursatella-leachii-by-alexander-semenov\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"295\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"197\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"17074\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Bursatella-leachii-by-Alexander-Semenov.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,683\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-title=\"Bursatella leachii by Alexander Semenov\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Bursatella leachii by Alexander Semenov&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Bursatella-leachii-by-Alexander-Semenov.jpg?fit=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Bursatella-leachii-by-Alexander-Semenov.jpg?fit=900%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Bursatella-leachii-by-Alexander-Semenov.jpg?w=295&#038;h=197&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Bursatella-leachii-by-Alexander-Semenov.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Bursatella-leachii-by-Alexander-Semenov.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Bursatella-leachii-by-Alexander-Semenov.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"295\" data-original-height=\"197\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Bursatella leachii by Alexander Semenov\" alt=\"Bursatella leachii by Alexander Semenov\" style=\"width: 295px; height: 197px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Bursatella leachii by Alexander Semenov <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/en\/guia\/aplysiida\/bursatella-leachii\/th_dsc_0062-bursatella-leachii-by-lst\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"295\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"197\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"11404\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/th_DSC_0062-Bursatella-leachii-by-lst.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,536\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-title=\"Bursatella leachii by Luis S\u00e1nchez Tocino\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Bursatella leachii by Luis S\u00e1nchez Tocino&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/th_DSC_0062-Bursatella-leachii-by-lst.jpg?fit=300%2C201&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/th_DSC_0062-Bursatella-leachii-by-lst.jpg?fit=800%2C536&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/th_DSC_0062-Bursatella-leachii-by-lst.jpg?w=295&#038;h=197&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/th_DSC_0062-Bursatella-leachii-by-lst.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/th_DSC_0062-Bursatella-leachii-by-lst.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/th_DSC_0062-Bursatella-leachii-by-lst.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"295\" data-original-height=\"197\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Bursatella leachii by Luis S\u00e1nchez Tocino\" alt=\"Bursatella leachii by Luis S\u00e1nchez Tocino\" style=\"width: 295px; height: 197px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Bursatella leachii by Luis S\u00e1nchez Tocino <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"900\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/opistobranquis.info\\\/en\\\/bursatella-leachii-blainville-1817-mollusca-gastropoda-heterobranchia-una-reeixida-llebre-de-mar-global\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:44192421}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 900px; height: 676px;\" data-original-width=\"900\" data-original-height=\"676\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 448px; height: 676px;\" data-original-width=\"448\" data-original-height=\"676\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/en\/guia\/aplysiida\/bursatella-leachii\/bursatella-bursatella_13_\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"444\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"335\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"4181\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bursatella-bursatella_13_.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"808,608\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-title=\"Bursatella leachii by Boris Weitzmann\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Bursatella leachii by Boris Weitzmann&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bursatella-bursatella_13_.jpg?fit=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bursatella-bursatella_13_.jpg?fit=808%2C608&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bursatella-bursatella_13_.jpg?w=444&#038;h=335&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bursatella-bursatella_13_.jpg?w=808&amp;ssl=1 808w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bursatella-bursatella_13_.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" width=\"444\" height=\"335\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"444\" data-original-height=\"335\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Bursatella leachii by Boris Weitzmann\" alt=\"Bursatella leachii by Boris Weitzmann\" style=\"width: 444px; height: 335px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Bursatella leachii @ Ebro Delta (2007) <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/en\/guia\/aplysiida\/bursatella-leachii\/bursatella-leachii-delta-de-lebre-by-neus-sanmarti\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"444\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"333\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"20935\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bursatella-leachii-@-Delta-de-lEbre-by-Neus-Sanmart\u00ed.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,768\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-title=\"Bursatella leachii @ Delta de l&amp;#8217;Ebre by Neus Sanmart\u00ed\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Bursatella leachii @ Delta de l&amp;#8217;Ebre by Neus Sanmart\u00ed&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bursatella-leachii-%40-Delta-de-lEbre-by-Neus-Sanmart%C3%AD.jpg?fit=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bursatella-leachii-%40-Delta-de-lEbre-by-Neus-Sanmart%C3%AD.jpg?fit=900%2C675&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bursatella-leachii-%40-Delta-de-lEbre-by-Neus-Sanmart%C3%AD.jpg?w=444&#038;h=333&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"444\" height=\"333\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"444\" data-original-height=\"333\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Bursatella leachii @ Delta de l&#039;Ebre by Neus Sanmart\u00ed\" alt=\"Bursatella leachii @ Delta de l&#039;Ebre by Neus Sanmart\u00ed\" style=\"width: 444px; height: 333px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Bursatella leachii @ Delta de l&#8217;Ebre by Neus Sanmart\u00ed <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 452px; height: 676px;\" data-original-width=\"452\" data-original-height=\"676\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/en\/guia\/aplysiida\/bursatella-leachii\/bursatella-leachii-laguna-fusaro-bacoli-napoli-by-guido-villani-med_8965-web\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"448\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"672\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"19609\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bursatella-leachii-@-Laguna-Fusaro-Bacoli-Napoli-by-Guido-Villani-MED_8965.-\u00aeweb.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"674,1011\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-title=\"Bursatella leachii @ Laguna Fusaro, Bacoli, Napoli by Guido Villani\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Bursatella leachii @ Laguna Fusaro, Bacoli, Napoli by Guido Villani&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bursatella-leachii-%40-Laguna-Fusaro-Bacoli-Napoli-by-Guido-Villani-MED_8965.-%C2%AEweb.jpg?fit=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bursatella-leachii-%40-Laguna-Fusaro-Bacoli-Napoli-by-Guido-Villani-MED_8965.-%C2%AEweb.jpg?fit=674%2C1011&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bursatella-leachii-%40-Laguna-Fusaro-Bacoli-Napoli-by-Guido-Villani-MED_8965.-%C2%AEweb.jpg?w=448&#038;h=672&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"448\" height=\"672\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"448\" data-original-height=\"672\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Bursatella leachii @ Laguna Fusaro, Bacoli, Napoli by Guido Villani\" alt=\"Bursatella leachii @ Laguna Fusaro, Bacoli, Napoli by Guido Villani\" style=\"width: 448px; height: 672px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Bursatella leachii @ Laguna Fusaro, Bacoli, Napoli by Guido Villani <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 900px; height: 430px;\" data-original-width=\"900\" data-original-height=\"430\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 573px; height: 430px;\" data-original-width=\"573\" data-original-height=\"430\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/en\/guia\/aplysiida\/bursatella-leachii\/bursatella-leachii-ile-de-ngor-senegal-2012-night-dive-by-peter-wirtz-img_7122\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"569\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"426\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"42780\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bursatella-leachii-@-Ile-de-NGor-Senegal-2012-night-dive-by-Peter-Wirtz-IMG_7122-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-title=\"Bursatella leachii @ Ile de NGor (Senegal), 2012, night dive by Peter Wirtz\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Bursatella leachii @ Ile de NGor (Senegal), 2012, night dive by Peter Wirtz&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bursatella-leachii-%40-Ile-de-NGor-Senegal-2012-night-dive-by-Peter-Wirtz-IMG_7122-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bursatella-leachii-%40-Ile-de-NGor-Senegal-2012-night-dive-by-Peter-Wirtz-IMG_7122-scaled.jpg?fit=900%2C675&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bursatella-leachii-%40-Ile-de-NGor-Senegal-2012-night-dive-by-Peter-Wirtz-IMG_7122-scaled.jpg?w=569&#038;h=426&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"569\" height=\"426\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"569\" data-original-height=\"426\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Bursatella leachii @ Ile de NGor (Senegal), 2012, night dive by Peter Wirtz\" alt=\"Bursatella leachii @ Ile de NGor (Senegal), 2012, night dive by Peter Wirtz\" style=\"width: 569px; height: 426px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Bursatella leachii @ Ile de NGor (Senegal), 2012, night dive by Peter Wirtz <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 327px; height: 430px;\" data-original-width=\"327\" data-original-height=\"430\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/en\/guia\/aplysiida\/bursatella-leachii\/bursatella-leachii-con-puesta-by-ernesto-sestito\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"323\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"216\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"14699\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bursatella-leachii-con-puesta-by-Ernesto-Sestito.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,481\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-title=\"Bursatella leachii con puesta by Ernesto Sestito\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Bursatella leachii con puesta by Ernesto Sestito&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bursatella-leachii-con-puesta-by-Ernesto-Sestito.jpg?fit=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bursatella-leachii-con-puesta-by-Ernesto-Sestito.jpg?fit=720%2C481&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bursatella-leachii-con-puesta-by-Ernesto-Sestito.jpg?w=323&#038;h=216&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bursatella-leachii-con-puesta-by-Ernesto-Sestito.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bursatella-leachii-con-puesta-by-Ernesto-Sestito.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Bursatella-leachii-con-puesta-by-Ernesto-Sestito.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" width=\"323\" height=\"216\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"323\" data-original-height=\"216\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Bursatella leachii con puesta by Ernesto Sestito\" alt=\"Bursatella leachii con puesta by Ernesto Sestito\" style=\"width: 323px; height: 216px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Bursatella leachii con puesta by Ernesto Sestito <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/en\/bursatella-leachii-blainville-1817-mollusca-gastropoda-heterobranchia-una-reeixida-llebre-de-mar-global\/bursatella-leachii-sierra-leone-1986-by-peter-wirtz\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"323\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"206\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"42790\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bursatella-leachii-@-Sierra-Leone-1986-by-Peter-Wirtz.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1279,816\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-title=\"Bursatella leachii @ Sierra Leone, 1986 by Peter Wirtz\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Bursatella leachii @ Sierra Leone, 1986 by Peter Wirtz&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bursatella-leachii-%40-Sierra-Leone-1986-by-Peter-Wirtz.jpg?fit=300%2C191&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bursatella-leachii-%40-Sierra-Leone-1986-by-Peter-Wirtz.jpg?fit=900%2C574&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opistobranquis.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bursatella-leachii-%40-Sierra-Leone-1986-by-Peter-Wirtz.jpg?w=323&#038;h=206&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"323\" height=\"206\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"323\" data-original-height=\"206\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Bursatella leachii @ Sierra Leone, 1986 by Peter Wirtz\" alt=\"Bursatella leachii @ Sierra Leone, 1986 by Peter Wirtz\" style=\"width: 323px; height: 206px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Bursatella leachii @ Sierra Leone, 1986 by Peter Wirtz <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<h4><strong>Results and discussion<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span class=\"\">Table II shows all the records of <\/span><em><span class=\"\">B. leachii<\/span><\/em><span class=\"\"> located in the different consulted works. <\/span>You can see how the oldest quotes from the 19th and early 20th centuries\u00a0generally correspond to tropical or subtropical marine zones, geographically located around the original occurrence of the species (coasts of India or the Indian Ocean).\u00a0From the 1930s onwards\u00a0the species is recorded in numerous localities on the Pacific coast of Australia, Florida, South Africa, also in Japan, in the Caribbean, in the Gulf of Mexico, New Zealand, Brazil, the Philippines, French Polynesia and India.\u00a0In the Mediterranean its presence has been known since the 1940s.<\/p>\n<p>All these data indicate that its distribution area is between latitudes 40\u00baN and 40\u00baS in almost all seas.\u00a0In the Atlantic Ocean, its northern limit on the coast of North America is 35\u00baN at North Carolina (USA) (Kruczynski &amp; Porter, 1969) while its southern limit is 25\u00ba34&#8217;S at Pontal do Sul, Brazil. On the eastern Atlantic coasts, so far it has only been recorded in the Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, Senegal, Ghana, Sierra Leone and South Africa. There is no record of the species on the Atlantic coasts of the European continent.\u00a0In the Indian Ocean the species has been recorded in the Red Sea, on the island of Mauritius and on the coasts of India.\u00a0In the Pacific it has been recorded from 34\u00baN at Fukeko (Japan), to 38\u00baS at Flinders Reef (Australia). In this ocean there are numerous records of\u00a0<em>B. leachii<\/em>\u00a0on the eastern coasts of Australia, which is considered a \u201chotspot\u201d for sea hares worldwide (Nimbs\u00a0<em>et al<\/em> . 2016). It has also been reported in the Sea of \u200b\u200bJapan, in the Philippines, New Zealand and in French Polynesia.\u00a0As already indicated, there is no record of the species on the American coasts of the Pacific Ocean, possibly due to cold water currents such as the Humboldt or the California Current, as well as deep and cold water upwelling phenomena that make these coasts unfavorable for numerous species of warm or temperate waters such as <em>B. leachii<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In recent decades, the Mediterranean Sea has become a true \u201chotspot\u201d for the geographical distribution of\u00a0<em>B. leachii<\/em>\u00a0.\u00a0Since it was first recorded in 1940, records of this species in the Mediterranean have increased almost exponentially.\u00a0It is true that during these last decades studies of Mediterranean marine biodiversity have multiplied, not only on the coasts of Southern Europe, but also scientists and naturalists from countries such as Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya and Egypt, which have contributed to a much better understanding of the distribution of numerous species.\u00a0It is also postulated about the phenomenon known as \u201ctropicalization\u201d of the waters of the Mediterranean, which are undergoing noticeable warming in general and which is allowing the arrival and colonization by numerous \u201cthermophilous\u201d species, whether they come from the Indo-Pacific (lessepsian migration ) and from the subtropical Atlantic, which appears to be the case for\u00a0<em>B. leachii<\/em>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>Selfati\u00a0<em>et al<\/em>.\u00a0(2017) provide a table with all records of <em>B. leachii<\/em>\u00a0by country on the Mediterranean coasts.\u00a0<span class=\"\">Italy is the Mediterranean country with the most records of\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"\">B. leachii<\/span><\/em><span class=\"\"> , both on its western coasts and those of the Adriatic, where the species has been reported on numerous occasions since the 1970s. <\/span>In the other countries bordering the Mediterranean, the presence of <em>B. leachii<\/em>\u00a0has been reported\u00a0and chronologically in the following order: on the coasts of Israel\/Palestine it has been known since 1940 (O&#8217;Donoghue &amp; White, 1940), in Turkey since 1959 (Swennen 1969), on the island of Malta since 1969 (Bebbington, 1970), in Egypt since 1975 (Barash &amp; Danin, 1977), in Greece since 1975 (Barash &amp; Danin, 1986), in Tunisia since 1982 (Antit et <em>al<\/em>., 2011), in Croatia since 1986 (Jaklin &amp; Vio, 1989), in Lebanon since 1999 (Zenetos\u00a0<em>et al<\/em>., 2004), in Libya since 2000 (Zgozi\u00a0<em>et al<\/em>. (2002) [fide Bazairi\u00a0<em>et al<\/em> (2013)], in Slovenia since 2001 (Lipej <em>et al<\/em>., 2008), in Algeria since 2008 (Lamouti &amp; Bachari in Eleftheriou\u00a0<em>et al<\/em>., 2011), in Montenegro since 2009 (Ma\u010di\u0107 &amp; Kljaji\u0107, 2012) , in Albania since 2013 (Xharahi\u00a0<em>et al<\/em>. in Gerovasileiou\u00a0<em>et al<\/em>., 2017), in France since 2014 (Riondy\u00a0<em>et al<\/em>\u00a0., 2017), on the Moroccan coasts its presence has been known since 2016 (Selfati\u00a0<em>et al<\/em>., 2016) and on the island of Cyprus since 2016 (Lipej\u00a0<em>et al<\/em>., 2017).<\/p>\n<p>In the Iberian Peninsula there are no records of the species on the Atlantic coasts, but there are many on the Mediterranean coasts. It was reported for the first time for Spanish waters in the Balearic archipelago in 1996 by Oliver &amp; Terrasa (2004), who found specimens up to 12 cm of length in different locations on the island of Mallorca and on different dates. They even detected the aggregation of numerous individuals in S&#8217;Arenal beach, located very close to the city of Palma de Mallorca. These authors provide a map of the Mediterranean Sea with the localities where specimens of this species had been recorded until 2004. On the peninsular coasts <em>B. leachii<\/em>\u00a0appeared later, it was recorded for the first time in 2007 in the Ebro Delta (Weitzmann\u00a0<em>et al<\/em>., 2007).\u00a0Since then it has been reported repeatedly in the Ebro Delta (Ballesteros <em>et al<\/em>., 2016), in the Mar Menor (Izquierdo-Mu\u00f1oz\u00a0<em>et al<\/em>. [in] Nicolaidou\u00a0<em>et al<\/em>., 2012), in Roquetas de Mar , Almer\u00eda (Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez-Yuste\u00a0<em>et al<\/em>., 2012) and in various locations in Catalonia where, in addition to the Ebro Delta, it has been cited in L&#8217;Ametlla de Mar, Vilanova i la Geltr\u00fa, Cubelles and, starting in 2016, in the bathing area of \u200b\u200bthe Barcelona Forum, where there has been a stable population since then.\u00a0Specimens have also been observed in Creixell, Tarragona (Carles San Vicente, personal communication).\u00a0It is expected that, if the \u201ctropicalization\u201d process of the Mediterranean Sea continues, this species will also be able to colonize the northern coast of Catalonia, especially the Costa Brava, where the water temperature in winter drops below 15\u00baC, that is considered the minimum for the presence of stable populations.<\/p>\n<p>With all the data from the records in Table II, it is verified that <em>B. leachii<\/em> has a great capacity to colonize very extensive marine areas of temperate or warm waters.\u00a0In the near future, the effects of climate change on the oceans may further favor the expansion of the species in coastal areas where it has not yet been recorded.<\/p>\n<span id=\"tablepress-8-description\" class=\"tablepress-table-description tablepress-table-description-id-8\"><h6><strong>Table II.<\/strong> Known records of <em>Bursatella leachii<\/em> worldwide.<\/h6><br><\/span>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-8\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-8\" aria-describedby=\"tablepress-8-description\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\"><strong>Locality<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"column-2\"><strong>Observer, Museum (or Online reference)<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"column-3\"><strong>Year\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"column-4\"><strong>Month\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"column-5\"><strong>Day<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Krusadai Island, India<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">IndOBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1817<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Red Sea (as B. savigniana)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Audouin  (1826)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1826<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Antilles, Caribbean Sea (as B. pleii)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Rang 1828)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1828<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Red Sea (as Notarchus laciniatus)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">R\u00fcppert &amp; Leuckart (1830)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1830<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Mauritius, Indian Ocean (as Aplysia cirrhifera)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Quoy &amp; Gaimard (1832)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1832<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Brazil (as Bursatella lacinulata)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Gould (1852)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1852<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">China Sea and Japan, Western Pacific Ocean (as Notarchus cirrosus)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">W. Stimpson (1855)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1855<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">New Zealand, South Pacific (as Aclesia glauca)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Cheeseman (1878)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1878<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Kingston Harbor, South of, Jamaica<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">United States Fish Commission, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1884<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Jamaica, Western Atlantic (as Notarchus intrapictus)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Cockerell (1893)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1893<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Red Sea (as Notarchus brevipes)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">H\u00e4gg (1904)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1904<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Philippines, Western Pacific (as Aclesia freeri)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">L. E. Griffin (1912)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1912<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">South Africa (as Aclesia africana)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Engel (1926)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1926<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Western Africa, Eastern Atlantic (as Aclesia rosea)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Engel (1926)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1926<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">South Africa (as Notarchus villosus)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">O\u00b4Donoghue (1929)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1929<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Australia (as Ramosaclesia rex)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">J. K. Allan (1932)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1932<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Hillsborough County, Florida, USA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Yale Peabody Museum - Invertebrate Zoology, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1932<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Japan (as Bursatella leachii hirasei)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Eales &amp; Engel (1935)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1935<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Toroneos Kolpos, Greece<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Koukouras (2000), OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1937<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-21\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Triglia, Nea Propontida, Greece<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Koukouras (2000), OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1937<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-22\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Jupiter, Florida, USA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Lyman, F. B., Florida Museum of Natural History - Invertebrate Zoology, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1938<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-23\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Angourie Point, NSW, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Australian Museum Malacology Collection, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1940<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-24\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Israel, Eastern Meditranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">O\u00b4Donoghue &amp; White (1940)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1940<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-25\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Haifa Bay, Israel, Western Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Eales (1970); Barash &amp; Danin (1971)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1955<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-26\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Flinders, Vict\u00f2ria, Austr\u00e0lia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Museums Victoria - Marine Invertebrates Collection<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1958<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-27\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Mascot, NSW, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Australian Museum Malacology Collection, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1958<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-28\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Lara, Antalya, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Swennen, 1961<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1959<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-29\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Plettenberg Bay, South Africa<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">F.H. Zalbot, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1961<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-30\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Turkey<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Zenetos et al. (2003)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1961<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-31\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">S of Nature's Valley, South Africa<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Iziko South African Museum - Mollusc Collection, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1961<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-32\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Lakeside, Capetown, South Africa<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Iziko South African Museum - Mollusc Collection, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1964<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-33\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Eden, NSW, Austr\u00e0lia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Australian Museum Malacology Collection, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1966<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-34\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Goodwood Island, NSW, Austr\u00e0lia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">F.Ryan Chatsworth, Australian Museum - Malacology, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1967<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-35\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Nadgee, NSW, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Australian Museum Malacology Collection, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1967<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-36\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Guajira Peninsula, Off Puerto Estrella, Colombia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">United States National Museums - Invertebrate Zoology, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1968<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-37\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Myora, Queensland, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Bebbington (1977)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1968<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-38\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Muizenberg, South Africa<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Iziko South African Museum - Mollusc Collection, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1968<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-39\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ghana, Eastern Atlantic (as Bursatella leachii guineensis)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Bebbington (1969)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1969<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-40\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Carrabelle, Florida, USA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Malacology, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1970<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-41\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Malta, Central Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Bebbington (1970)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1970<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-42\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Carrabelle, Florida, USA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Malacology, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1970<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-43\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Israel, Eastern Meditranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Barash &amp; Danin (1971)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1971<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-44\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Galeta Island, Col\u00f3n, Panam\u00e1<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">United States National Museums - Invertebrate Zoology, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1971<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-45\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Royal National Park, NSW, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Australian Museum Malacology Collection, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1972<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-46\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Micalo Island, NSW, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Australian Museum Malacology Collection, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1972<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-47\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Canada Island, NSW, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Australian Museum Malacology Collection, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1973<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-48\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Shoal Bay, N of Darwin, NT, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory - Malacology Collection<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1973<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-49\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Chios (north Aegean Islands), Greece, Western Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Barash &amp; Danin (1986)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1975<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-50\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">off Bardawil Lake (Northern Sinai), Egypt, western Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Barash &amp; Danin (1977)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1975<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-51\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Tin Can Bay, QLD, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Australian Museum Malacology Collection, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1976<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-52\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Watsons Bay, NSW, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Australian Museum Malacology Collection, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1977<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-53\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Salamina (Saronikos), Greece, Western Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Barash &amp; Danin (1986)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1977<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-54\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Golfo di Taranto, Italy, Central Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Tortorici &amp; Panetta (1977)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1977<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-55\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Royal National Park, NSW, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Australian Museum Malacology Collection, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1978<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-56\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Baia di Santa Panaglia, Siclia Island, Italy, Western Meditrranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Piani (1980)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1978<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-57\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Golfo di Palermo, Sicily Island, Italy, Western Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Catalano &amp;Parrinello (1978)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1978<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-58\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Watsons Bay, NSW, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Australian Museum Malacology Collection, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1979<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-59\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ashqelon, Israel, Western Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Gil Gat, OPK (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1979<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-60\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Angourie Point, NSW, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Australian Museum Malacology Collection, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1979<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-61\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Capo San Vito, Golfo di Taranto, Italy, Central Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Palazzi &amp; Baccolini (1980)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1980<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-62\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Mar Piccolo, Golfo di Taranto, Italy, Central Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Bello (1982)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1981<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-63\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">San Juan Beach, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Eastern Atlantic<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Moro et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1982<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-64\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Gulf of Gab\u00e8s, Tunisia, Western Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Antit et al. (2011)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1982<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-65\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Bari Harbor, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Vaccarella and Pastorelli (1983)  in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1982<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-66\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">North Stradbroke Island, QLD, Austr\u00e0lia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Queensland Museum Molluscs - Marine records, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1982<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-67\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">South Adriatic Sea<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Vaccarella y Pastorelli 1983<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1983<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-68\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">S. Padre Is. Texas, United States<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">D. Hockaday, Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection - Marine Invertebrates, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1983<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-69\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Bari Harbor, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Vaccarella (1986) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1984<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-70\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ischia Island, Italy, West ern Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Russo (1987)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1984<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-71\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Golfo di Napoli, Italy, Western Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Fasulo et al. (1984)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1984<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-72\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Laguna di Venezia, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Cesari et al. (1986); Cesari (1990; 1994) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1985<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-73\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Sorgenti di Aurisina, Trieste, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jaklin and Vio (1989) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1985<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-74\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Timavo River stuary, Trieste, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jaklin and Vio (1989) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1985<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-75\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Laguna di Grado-Marano, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jaklin and Vio (1989); De Min and Vio (1998) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1985<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-76\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Rovinj, Croatia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jaklin and Vio (1989) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1986<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-77\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Laguna di Venezia, Adiatic Sea, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Cesari et al (1986)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1986<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-78\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Lesbos Island, Greece, Eastern Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Barash &amp;  Dain (1986)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1986<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-79\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Margherita di Savoia, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Vaccarella (1986) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1986<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-80\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Harbour Heights, Florida, USA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Florida Museum of Natural History - Invertebrate Zoology, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1986<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-81\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Fukeko, Osaka, Japan<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ryohei YAMANISHI, Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1986<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-82\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Sierra Leone, Western Africa<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Wirtz, P. (pers. comm)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1986<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-83\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Bird Island, Basin Padre Is., Texas, USA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Shaver, D., Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection - Marine Invertebrates, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1987<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-84\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Bird Island Basin, Padre Island, Texas, USA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Chaney and Shaver, Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection - Marine Invertebrates, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1987<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-85\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Canale dei Marani, Venezia, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Cesari (1990) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1988<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-86\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Bird Island Basin, Padre Island, Texas, USA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Chase Chaney, Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection - Marine Invertebrates, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1988<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-87\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Great Mercury Islands, New Zealand<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Australian Institute of Marine Science - Bioresources Library, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1988<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">12<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-88\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Trieste, Adriatic Sea<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jaklin &amp; Vio (1989)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1989<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-89\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Cedar Key, Florida, USA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">R.W. Portell, Florida Museum of Natural History - Invertebrate Zoology, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1989<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-90\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Hvar Island, Croatia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Despalatovi\u0107 et al. 2008  in Zenetos et al. 2016<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1990<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-91\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Split, Croatia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Despalatovi\u0107 et al. 2008 in Zenetos et al. 2016<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1990<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-92\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Pontal do Sul, Brasil<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Centro de Estudos do Mar, Universidade Federal do Paran\u00e1, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1990<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-93\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Lago Fusaro, Italy, Western Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Villani &amp; Mart\u00ednez (1993)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1990<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-94\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Angourie Point, NSW, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Australian Museum Malacology Collection, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1990<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-95\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Gulf of Korinthiakos, Greece, Western Mditerranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Koutsoubas (1992)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1992<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-96\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Venezuela, Caribbean Sea<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Caballet et al. (2015)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1993<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-97\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Baia di Panzano, Trieste, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Vio and De Min (1996); De Min and Vio (1998) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1996<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-98\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Muggia, Trieste, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Vio and De Min (1996); De Min and Vio (1998) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1996<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-99\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">S\u00b4Arenal de Llucmajor, Mallorca Island, Western Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Oliver &amp; Terrasa (2004)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1996<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-100\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Portixol, Mallorca Island, Western Meditrranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Oliver &amp; Terrasa (2004)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1996<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-101\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Nightcliff reef, Darwin, NT, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory - Malacology Collection<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1996<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-102\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Kerkennah Islands, Gulf of Gabes, tunisia, Western Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Enzenros &amp; Enzenros (2001)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1996<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-103\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Diamond Beach, Serakaki, Okinawa, Japan<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">R.F. Bolland, California Academy of Sciences - Invertebrate Zoology, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1997<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-104\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Lazzaro, Reggio Calabria, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Gianni Neto, Medslugs (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1998<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-105\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Laguna di Venezia, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Mizzan (1999) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1998<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-106\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Porto Petro, Mallorca Island, Western Meiterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Oliver &amp; Terrasa (2004)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1998<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-107\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Xemxija, Malta Island., Central Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Sammut &amp; Perrone (1998)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1998<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-108\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Patres, Greece<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Martin Mildenberger, Medslugs (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1999<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-109\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Pellaro, Reggio Calabria, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Gianni Neto, Medslugs (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2000<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-110\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Manzanillo, off MINAE, Costa Rica<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Mario Calderon, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad - Mollusca, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2000<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-111\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ain el-Gazala Lagoon (Tobruch), Lybia, Eastern Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Zgozi et al. (2002) [fide Bazairi et al. (2013)]<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2000<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-112\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Beirut Harbor, Lebanon<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Crocetta et al. (2013)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2000<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-113\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Selaata, Lebanon<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Crocetta et al. (2013)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2000<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-114\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Piran, Marine Biology Station, Slovenia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Lipej et al. (2008) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2001<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-115\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Praia do Jabaquara, Ilhabela, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brasil<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">SINBIOTA Marine Data, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2001<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-116\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">S of Ilha do Tamandu\u00e1, Caraguatatuba, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brasil<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">SINBIOTA Marine Data, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2001<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-117\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ubatuba, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brasil<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">SINBIOTA Marine Data, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2002<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-118\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Angourie Point, NSW, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Australian Museum Malacology Collection, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2002<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-119\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Cedar Key, Florida, USA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Florida Museum of Natural History - Invertebrate Zoology, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2002<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-120\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">S\u00b4Arenal, Mallorca Island, Western Meiterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Oliver &amp; Terrasa (2004)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2003<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-121\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Gulf of Korinthiakos, Greece, Eastern Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Daskos &amp; Zenetos (2007)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2003<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-122\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Lake of Tunis, Tunis, Western Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ben Souissi et al. (2003)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2003<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-123\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Piran, Marine Biology Station, Slovenia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Lipej et al. (2008) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2003<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-124\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Cudjoe Key, Florida, USA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Florida Museum of Natural History - Invertebrate Zoology, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2004<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-125\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Sardinia Island, Italy, Western Meditrranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Zenetos et al. (2004)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2004<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-126\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Lybanon, Eastern Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Zenetos et al. (2004)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2004<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-127\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Balos Cape, Crete, Greece, Eastern Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Daskos &amp; Zenetos (2007)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2004<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-128\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Fannie Bay, Darwin, NT, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory - Malacology Collection<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2004<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-129\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">North Field Island, Kakadu National Park, NT, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory - Malacology Collection<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2004<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-130\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Cape Verde Islands, Eastern Atlantic<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Rolan (2005)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2005<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-131\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Sistiana, Trieste, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Borut Mavric in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2006<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-132\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Portoro\u017e (Se\u010da), Slovenia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Lipej et al. (2008) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2006<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-133\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Magnetic Island, Townsville, QLD, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Australian Museum Malacology Collection, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2006<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-134\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Matanzas River, Marineland, Florida, USA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jose Nunez, iNaturalist - Observations, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2006<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-135\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Golfo di Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, Western Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Olita (2007)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2007<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-136\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Vrsar Harbor, Croatia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Andrej Jaklin in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2007<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-137\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Miramare, Trieste, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Crocetta et al. (2009); Crocetta (2011) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2007<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-138\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">off Se\u010dovlie, Slovenia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Lipej et al. (2008) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2007<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-139\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Piran Harbor, Slovenia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Lipej et al. (2008) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2007<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-140\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Strunjan, Slovenia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Lipej et al. (2008) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2007<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-141\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Isola della Certosa, Laguna di Venezia, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Mizzan and Vianello (2009) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2007<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-142\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Cesenatico, Emilia-Romagna, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Rinaldi (2007; 2008; 2012) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2007<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-143\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Cesenatico, Emilia-Romagna, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Tisselli and Mazziotti (2009) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2007<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-144\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Strunjan, Slovenia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Turk and Furlan (2011) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2007<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-145\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ghar El Melh lagoon,, Tunisia, Western Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Zakhama-Sraieb et al. (2007)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2007<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-146\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Badia dels Alfacs. Ebro Delta, Spain, Western Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Weitzmann et al. (2013)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2007<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-147\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">St. George\u2019s Bay, Malta Island, Central Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Sciberras &amp; Schembri (2007)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2007<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-148\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Casuarina Beach, Darwin, NT, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory - Malacology Collection<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2007<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-149\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Izmir Bay, Turkey<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Kazak &amp; Cavas (2007)2007<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2007<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-150\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Doroussa (Cyclades Islands)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Zenetos et al. (2008)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2008<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-151\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Mar Menor, Spain, Western Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Izquierdo et al. (2012)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2008<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-152\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Strunjan, Slovenia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Lipej et al. (2008) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2008<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-153\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Marina di Ravenna, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Tisselli and Mazziotti (2009) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2008<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-154\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Staoueli-Sidi Fredj, Argelia, Western Mediterraean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Lamouti &amp; Bachari in Eleftheriou et al. (2011)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2008<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-155\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Archi-Gallico (Reggio Calabria), Italy, Central Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Crocetta et al. (2009)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2008<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-156\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Western False Bay, South Africa<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Invert E Base (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2008<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-157\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Verde Island Passage, Philippines<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Invert E Base (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2008<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-158\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ci\u00e9naga de Progreso, Chuburn\u00e1, Yucat\u00e1n, M\u00e9xico<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Deneb Ortigosa, iNaturalist - Observations, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2008<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-159\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Wellington Point, QLD, Austr\u00e0lia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Queensland Museum Molluscs - Marine records, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2008<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-160\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Fannie Bay, Darwin, NT, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory - Malacology Collection<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2008<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-161\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Moorea, French Polynesia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">University of Florida Museum of Natural History, Invertebrate Zoology Collection, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2008<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-162\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Moorea, French Polynesia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">University of Florida Museum of Natural History, Invertebrate Zoology Collection, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2008<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-163\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Potamos - Epanomi (Thessaloniki), Greece, Western Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Manousis et al. (2012)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2008<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-164\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Moorea, French Polynesia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">University of Florida Museum of Natural History, Invertebrate Zoology Collection, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2008<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-165\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Boka Kotorska Bay (Sv. Nedelja), Montenegro<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ma\u010di\u0107 and Kljaji\u0107 (2012) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2009<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-166\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Boka Kotorska Bay (near Bijela), Montenegro<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Zenetos et al. (2011) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2009<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-167\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Crete Island, Greece, Western Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Poursanidis et al. (2009)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2009<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-168\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Gulf of Mexico<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Felder &amp; Camp (2009)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2009<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-169\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Cook's Bay, Moorea, French Polynesia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Cory Pittman, Florida Museum of Natural History - Invertebrate Zoology, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2009<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-170\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">I Filtri, Trieste, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Crocetta et al. (2009); Crocetta (2011) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2010<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-171\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Punta Olmi, Muggia, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Crocetta et al. (2009); Crocetta (2011) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2010<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-172\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Lesser Antilles<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Miiloslavich et al.  (21010)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2010<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-173\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Cuba, Caribbean Sea<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Miiloslavich et al.  (21010)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2010<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-174\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Venezuela, Caribbean Sea<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Miiloslavich et al.  (21010)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2010<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-175\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Miiloslavich et al.  (21010)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2010<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-176\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Mar Menor, Spain, Western Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Izquierdo et al (2012)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2010<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-177\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Colombia, Caribbean Sea<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Miiloslavich et al.  (21010)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2010<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-178\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Olbia (Sassari), Sardegna Island, Italy, Western Mediterrsanean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Doneddu (2010)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2010<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-179\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Lago Faro (Messina), Italy, Central Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Vitale et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2010<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-180\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Portoro\u017e (Se\u010da), Slovenia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">L. Lipej in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2010<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-181\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Donsol, Sorsogon, Philippines<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Terry Gosliner, iNaturalist Observations, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2010<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-182\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Moorea, French Polynesia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">University of Florida Museum of Natural History, Invertebrate Zoology Collection, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2010<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-183\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Boka Kotorska Bay (Zelenika), Montenegro<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Branislav Lazarevic In Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2011<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-184\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ankaran, Slovenia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">L. Lipej in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2011<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-185\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Portoro\u017e (Se\u010da), Slovenia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">L. Lipej in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2011<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-186\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">\u0160kocjanski zatok, Slovenia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">L. Lipej in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2011<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-187\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Piran Harbor, Slovenia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">L. Lipej in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2012<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-188\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Portoro\u017e (Se\u010da), Slovenia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">L. Lipej in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2012<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-189\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ile de NGor, Senegal<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Wirtz, P. (pers. comm)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2012<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-190\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Staoueli-Sidi Fredj, Argelia, Western Mediterraean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Lamouti &amp; Bachari in Eleftheriou et al. (2011)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2011<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-191\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Vilanova i la Geltr\u00fa, Spain, Western Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ballesteros &amp; Weitzmann (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2011<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-192\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Forum bathing Area, Barcelona, Spain, Western Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ballesteros &amp; Weitzmann (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2012<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-193\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Kalkan (Antalya), Turkiye, Western Meiterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Yoke\u015f et al. (2012)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2012<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-194\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Roquetas de Mar, Almer\u00eda, Spain<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez-Yuste et al. (2012)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2012<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-195\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Darwin Sailing Club, Fannie Bay, Darwin, NT, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory - Malacology Collection<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2012<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-196\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Boka Kotorska Bay (Dobrota), Montenegro<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ma\u010di\u0107 (2013) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2013<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-197\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Boka Kotorska Bay (Verige), Montenegro<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ma\u010di\u0107 (2013) in Zenetos et al. (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2013<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-198\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Burrill Lake, NSW, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Australian Museum Malacology Collection, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2013<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-199\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Vloa Bay, Albania, Adriatic Sea<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Xharahi et al. In Gerovasileiou et al. (2017)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2013<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-200\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Croatia, Adriatic Sea<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Pecarevic et al. (2013)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2013<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-201\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">El-Kouf National Park, Cyrenaica, Lybia, Western Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Bazairi et al (2013)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2013<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-202\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Lebanon, Eastern Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Bitar (2013)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2013<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-203\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Vlora Bay, Albania, South Adriatic<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Xharahi et al. (in Gerovasileiou et al, 2017)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2013<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-204\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Port, La R\u00e0pita, Tarragona, Spain<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Guillem Mas, GROC (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2013<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-205\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Pottsville Beach, NSW, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Australian Museum Malacology Collection, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2014<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-206\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Kingscliff, NSW, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Australian Museum Malacology Collection, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2014<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-207\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Anilao Pier, Philippines<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Carissa Shipman, California Academy of Sciences - Invertebrate Zoology, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2014<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-208\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Cagnes-sur-mer, France, Western Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Riondy et al. (2017)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2014<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-209\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Verde Island Passage coast, off Lago de Oro Hotel, Philippines<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Daisuke Uyeno, California Academy of Sciences - Invertebrate Zoology, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2014<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-210\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Stari Trogir, Sevid, Croatia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jakov Prki\u0107, OPK (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2014<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-211\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Navarre Beach, Navarre, Florida, USA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Chuck Sexton, iNaturalist - Observations, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2015<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-212\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Mare Grande, Taranto, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Gianfranco Alemanno, OPK (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2015<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-213\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">T\u00e9rmica de Cubelles, Barcelona, Spain<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Pablo Ruiz, GROC (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2015<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-214\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Badia dels Alfacs (Port de la R\u00e0pita)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Xavier Salvador, GROC (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2015<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-215\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Fusaro Lagoon, Bacoli, Naples, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Guido Villani, European Sea Slugs Reports (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2015<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-216\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Platja de Casablanca, La R\u00e0pita, Tarragona, Spain<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Neus Sanmart\u00ed, OPK (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2015<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-217\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Itea, Korinthiakos Gulf, Greece<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Nassos Drosopoulos, Underwater Photography in Greece (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2015<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">12<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-218\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Bocas del Toro, Panam\u00e1, Caribbean Sea<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Goodheart et al (2016)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2015<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-219\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Jeannette Kawas National Park, Honduras, Caribbean Sea<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Caviedes et al. (2019)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2015<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-220\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Chachaguala lagoon, Honduras, Caribbean Sea<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Caviedes et al. (2019)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2015<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-221\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Pulicat Lake, East India, Indic Ocean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Sethi et al. (2015)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2015<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-222\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Henderson Bay, Northland, New Zealand<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Tangatawhenua, iNaturalist Observations, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2015<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">12<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-223\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Henderson Bay, Northland, New Zealand<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Tangatawhenua, iNaturalist Observations, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2016<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-224\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ka\u0161uni, Split, Croatia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jakov Prki\u0107, OPK (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2016<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-225\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ka\u0161uni, Split, Croatia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jakov Prki\u0107, OPK (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2016<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-226\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ka\u0161uni, Split, Croatia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jakov Prki\u0107, OPK (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2016<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-227\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Marchica Lagoon, Morocco, Western Mediterranean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Selfati et al. (2017)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2016<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-228\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Spiaggia di San Vito, Taranto, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Giacinto Ribezzo, Mare Nostrum Wildlife (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2016<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-229\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Girne, Kyrenia, Cyprus<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Alper Karabacak in Lipej et al. (2018)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2016<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-230\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Moll de Les Salines, La R\u00e0pita, Tarragona, Spain<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Josep Pepio, GROC (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2016<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-231\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Forum bathing area, Barcelona, Spain<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Parera et al. (2020)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2017<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-232\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Coves de Cala Masset, Sant Feliu de Gu\u00edxols, Girona, Spain<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Xavier Salvador, GROC (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2017<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-233\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Forum bathing area, Barcelona, Spain<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Parera et al. (2020)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2017<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-234\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Forum bathing area, Barcelona, Spain<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Parera et al. (2020)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2017<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">12<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-235\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Forum bathing area, Barcelona, Spain<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Parera et al. (2020)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2017<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">12<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-236\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Forum bathing area, Barcelona, Spain<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Parera et al. (2020)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2018<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-237\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Forum bathing area, Barcelona, Spain<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Parera et al. (2020)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2018<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-238\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Forum bathing area, Barcelona, Spain<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Parera et al. (2020)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2018<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-239\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Forum bathing area, Barcelona, Spain<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Parera et al. (2020)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2018<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-240\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Forum bathing area, Barcelona, Spain<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Parera et al. (2020)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2018<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-241\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Forum bathing area, Barcelona, Spain<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Parera et al. (2020)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2018<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-242\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Forum bathing area, Barcelona, Spain<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Parera et al. (2020)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2019<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-243\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Platja de Calafat, L'Ametlla de Mar, Tarragona, Spain<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Plancton divulgacio i serveis marins, GROC (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2020<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-244\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Forum bathing area, Barcelona, Spain<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Muestreo mensual proyecto DIVA-2 (julio 2023) available at https:\/\/vidamarina.info\/?p=5950<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2023<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-245\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Angourie Point, NSW, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Australian Museum Malacology Collection, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-246\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Rose Bay, NSW, Austr\u00e0lia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Australian Museum Malacology Collection, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-247\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Goodwood Island, NSW, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Australian Museum Malacology Collection, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-248\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Eden, NSW, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Australian Museum Malacology Collection, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-249\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">N of Tizimin, Yucat\u00e1n, Mexico<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico Database, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-250\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">R\u00edo Lagartos, Yucat\u00e1n, Mexico<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico Database, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-251\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico Database, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-252\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">NW of Key West, Florida, USA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico Database, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-253\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">E of Tampico, Mexico<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico Database, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-254\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">N of Sandino, Cuba<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico Database, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-255\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">NE of Coatzacoalcos, Mexico<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico Database, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-256\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Padre Island National Seashore, Texas, USA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico Database, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-257\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Tonal\u00e1, Veracruz, Mexico<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico Database, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-258\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Lake Lorraine, Florida, USA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico Database, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-259\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">S of Hulburt Field, Florida, USA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico Database, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-260\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">W of Sarasota, Florida, USA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico Database, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-261\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">SE of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico Database, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-262\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Cortez, Florida, USA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico Database, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-263\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Hackberry Beach, Louisiana, USA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico Database, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-264\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">S of Louisiana, USA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico Database, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-265\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Krusadai Island, India<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">IndOBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-266\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Sandbaai, South Africa<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Iziko South African Museum - Mollusc Collection, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-267\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Thermaic Gulf, Triglia, Greece<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-268\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Toroneos Kolpos, Greece<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-269\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Wollongong City Beach, NSW, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Museums Victoria - Marine Invertebrates Collection<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-270\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">E of Bilagiri, Nigeria<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research, OBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-271\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Chios Island, Greece<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Barash and Danin (1986) in Koutsoubas and Cinelli (1997)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-272\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Mytilini Island, Greece<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Barash and Danin (1986) in Koutsoubas and Cinelli (1997)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-273\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Salamina Island, Greece<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Barash and Danin (1986) in Koutsoubas and Cinelli (1997)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-274\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Thermailkos Gulf, Greece<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Koutsoubas and Voultsiadou-Koukoura (1991) in Koutsoubas and Cinelli (1997)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-275\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Thermailkos Gulf, Greece<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Koutsoubas, 1992 in Koutsoubas and Cinelli (1997)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-276\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Angourie Point, NSW, Australia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Australian Museum Malacology Collection, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-277\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Amuay, Falc\u00f3n, Vene\u00e7uela<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Malacology, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-278\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Lafayette ct, Florida, USA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Malacology, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-279\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Boca Ciega Bay, Tampa, United States<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Malacology, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-280\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Swartkop Estuary, Port Elizabeth, South Africa<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Malacology, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-281\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Tomioka, Kyushu, Japan<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Malacology, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-282\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Gallico Marina, Reggio Calabria, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Crocetta et al. (2009)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-283\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Reggio Calabria Airport, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Crocetta et al. (2009)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-284\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Reggio Calabria Harbour, Candeloro Reggio Calabria, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Crocetta et al. (2009)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-285\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Toroneos Kolpos, Greece<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Zoology, Aristote Zoological Museum, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-286\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Thermaic Gulf, Triglia, Gr\u00e8cia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Department of Zoology, Aristote Zoological Museum, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-287\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Capo S. Vito, Taranto, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Furfaro et al. (2020)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-288\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Marina Mancaversa, Lecce, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Furfaro et al. (2020)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-289\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Santa Maria di Leuca, Lecce, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Furfaro et al. (2020)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-290\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Mar Piccolo, Taranto, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Furfaro et al. (2020)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-291\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Torre Pedrera, Rimini, Italy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Biologia Marina (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-292\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Idrelac, Pa\u0161man Island, Croatia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jakov Prki\u0107, OPK (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-293\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Lake Worth Lagoon, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">JaxShells (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-294\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Izola, Slovenia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Lipej et al. (2008)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-295\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Krusadai Island, India<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">IndOBIS (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-296\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Plettenberg Bay, South Africa<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">South Africa\u00a0Museum\u00a0Cape, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-297\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Klein River Lagoon Hermanus, South Africa<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">U C T Ecological Survey, South Africa\u00a0Museum\u00a0Cape, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-298\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Richards Bay Cape Province, South Africa<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">U C T Ecological Survey, South Africa\u00a0Museum\u00a0Cape, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-299\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">St Lucia Estuary, South Africa<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">U C T Ecological Survey, South Africa\u00a0Museum\u00a0Cape, GBIF (2022)<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-8 from cache -->\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Publications of the original descriptions of the synonyms<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Bursatella leachii<\/em> <em>guineensis<\/em> Bebbington A. (1969)<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Bursatella leachi guineensis <\/em>subsp. nov. (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) from Ghana.\u00a0<em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London <\/em>38: 323-341. \u00a0<strong>Cited in Ghana<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinespecies.org\/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=568177\"><em>Aplysia cirrhifera<\/em> Quoy &amp; Gaimard, 1832<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\"> &#8211; Quoy, J. R. C. &amp; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <\/span><em>Voyage de la corvette l&#8217;Astrolabe : ex\u00e9cut\u00e9 par ordre du roi, pendant les ann\u00e9es 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d&#8217;Urville. Zoologie.<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a01: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] &#8230;etc. Paris: Tastu. In: Dumont d&#8217;Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de D\u00e9couvertes de l&#8217;Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, \u00c9diteur-Imprimeur.,\u00a0<\/span><em>available online at<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5962\/bhl.title.2132\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5962\/bhl.title.2132<\/a> page(s): 311\u2013312, pl. 24 fig. 8 <span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a0<strong>Cited in Mauritius<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinespecies.org\/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=597049\"><strong><em>Bursatella savigniana<\/em> Audouin, 1826<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">Audouin V. (1826) Explication sommaire des planches de Mollusques de l&#8217;Egypte et de la Syrie publi\u00e9es par J.C. Savigny. in:\u00a0<\/span><em>Description de l&#8217;Egypte ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 faites en Egypte pendant l&#8217;exp\u00e9dition de l&#8217;arm\u00e9e fran\u00e7aise, publi\u00e9 par les ordres de sa majest\u00e9 l&#8217;empereur Napol\u00e9on le grand. Histoire Naturelle, Animaux invert\u00e9br\u00e9s<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a01(4): 7-56. Paris: Imprimerie imp\u00e9riale.,\u00a0<\/span><em>available online at<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de\/diglit\/jomard1809bd5_1_1\/0548\">https:\/\/digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de\/diglit\/jomard1809bd5_1_1\/0548<\/a> page(s): 17-18 <span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Cited in the Red Sea<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinespecies.org\/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=722870\"><em><strong>Aclesia glauca<\/strong><\/em><strong> Cheeseman, 1878<\/strong> &#8211;<\/a><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a0Cheeseman, T.F. (1878). Descriptions of three new species of opisthobranchiate Mollusca from New Zealand.\u00a0<\/span><em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\"> 1878: 275\u2013277. <\/span>page(s): 277, pl. 15 fig. 4 <span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Cited in New Zealand<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinespecies.org\/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=736123\"><strong><em>Notarchus laciniatus<\/em> R\u00fcppell &amp; Leuckart, 1830<\/strong> &#8211;<\/a>\u00a0R\u00fcppell, E. &amp; Leuckart, F. S. (1828-1830). Mollusca. In: Atlas zu der Reise im nordlichen Afrika von Eduard R\u00fcppell. Neue wirbellose Thiere des Rothen Meeres. Frankfurt, H. L. Br\u00f6nner. pp. 15-22, pls 4-6 [1828]; pp. 23-47, pls 7-12 [1830].\u00a0,\u00a0<em>available online at<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biodiversitylibrary.org\/page\/37140891\">https:\/\/www.biodiversitylibrary.org\/page\/37140891<\/a><br \/>\npage(s): 24-25, Plate 7, Figures 2 a-c \u00a0<span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\"><strong>Cited in the Red Sea<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinespecies.org\/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=740298\"><em><strong>Bursatella lacinulata<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0A. Gould, 1852<\/strong><\/a> &#8211;<span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a0Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells.\u00a0<\/span><em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a012: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16.,\u00a0<\/span><em>available online at<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biodiversitylibrary.org\/page\/10991152\">https:\/\/www.biodiversitylibrary.org\/page\/10991152<\/a>\u00a0 page(s): 223\u2013224, pl. 16, figs 269-269a <span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\"><strong>Cited in Brazil<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinespecies.org\/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=747328\"><em><strong>Aclesia africana<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0Engel, 1926<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\"> &#8211; Engel H. (1926). Drei neue Arten der Gattung <\/span><em>Aclesia<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a0(Rang) Bergh, 1902.\u00a0<\/span><em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\"> 69: 180-187. <\/span>page(s): 180\u2013184, figs 11\u201314 <span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Cited in South Africa<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinespecies.org\/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=747330\"><em><strong>Aclesia rosea<\/strong><\/em><strong> Engel, 1926<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong> &#8211; Engel H. (1926). Drei neue Arten der Gattung <\/span><em>Aclesia<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a0(Rang) Bergh, 1902.\u00a0<\/span><em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\"> 69: 180-187. <\/span>page(s): 184\u2013185, figs 15\u201316 <span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Cited in Western Africa<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinespecies.org\/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=747331\"><em><strong>Aplysia pleii<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0Rang, 1828<\/strong><\/a> &#8211;<span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a0Rang, S. (1828).\u00a0<\/span><em>Histoire naturelle des Aplysiens<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">. Paris: Firmin Didot. 83 pp. 24 pls.\u00a0,\u00a0<\/span><em>available online at<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biodiversitylibrary.org\/page\/14983674\">https:\/\/www.biodiversitylibrary.org\/page\/14983674<\/a>\u00a0 page(s): 70, pl. 21 figs 2-4 <span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\"><strong>Cited in the Antilles<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinespecies.org\/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=758442\"><em><strong>Notarchus intrapictus<\/strong><\/em><strong> Cockerell, 1893<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\"> &#8211; Cockerell, T. D. A. (1893). On a new species of Aplysiidae from Jamaica. <\/span><em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a0ser. 6, 11(63): 218\u2013220.,\u00a0<\/span><em>available online at<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biodiversitylibrary.org\/page\/24344548\">https:\/\/www.biodiversitylibrary.org\/page\/24344548<\/a> <span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\"><strong>Cited in Jamaica<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinespecies.org\/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=872434\"><em><strong>Notarchus cirrosus<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0W. Stimpson, 1855<\/strong><\/a> &#8211;<span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a0Stimpson, W. (1855). Descriptions of some of the new Marine Invertebrata from the Chinese and Japanese Seas.\u00a0<\/span><em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a07(10): 375-384.,\u00a0<\/span><em>available online at<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/biodiversitylibrary.org\/page\/26299600\">https:\/\/biodiversitylibrary.org\/page\/26299600<\/a>\u00a0 page(s): 378 <span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\"><strong>Cited in the China Sea and Japan<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinespecies.org\/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=872436\"><strong><em>Aclesia freeri<\/em>\u00a0L. E. Griffin, 1912<\/strong><\/a> &#8211;<span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a0Griffin L.E. (1912). The anatomy of\u00a0<\/span><em>Aclesia freeri<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a0new species.\u00a0<\/span><em>The Philippine Journal of Science.<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a0section D, 7(2): 65\u201390, pls 1-6.,\u00a0<\/span><em>available online at<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biodiversitylibrary.org\/page\/34354225\">https:\/\/www.biodiversitylibrary.org\/page\/34354225<\/a><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Cited in Philippines<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinespecies.org\/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=872437\"><em><strong>Ramosaclesia rex<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0J. K. Allan, 1932<\/strong><\/a> &#8211;<span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a0Allan, J.K. (1932). A new genus and species of sea-slug, and two new species of sea-hares from Australia.\u00a0<\/span><em>Records of the Australian Museum.<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\"> 18(6): 314\u2013320, pls 34-35. p<\/span>age(s): 317\u2013319, pl. 35 figs 1\u20136 <span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\"><strong>Cited in Australia<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinespecies.org\/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=872438\"><em><strong>Notarchus villosus<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0O&#8217;Donoghue, 1929<\/strong><\/a> &#8211;<span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a0O&#8217;Donoghue, C. H. (1929). Opisthobranchiate Mollusca collected by the South African Marine Biological Survey. Union of South Africa.\u00a0<\/span><em>Fisheries &amp; Marine Biological Survey Report No. 7 for the year ending June 1929.<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\"> pp. 1-84, pls. 1-8. Special Reports No. 1. <\/span>page(s): 25\u201330, pl. 3 figs 27\u201332. <span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\"><strong>Cited in South Africa<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinespecies.org\/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=872439\"><em><strong>Notarchus brevipes<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0H\u00e4gg, 1904<\/strong><\/a> &#8211;<span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\"> H\u00e4gg R. (1904). Two new Opisthobranchiathe Mollusca from the Red Sea. In: L. A. J\u00e4gerski\u00f6ld (ed.), Results of the Swedish Zoological Expedition to Egypt and the White Nile 1901 under the direction of L. A. 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Phylogenetic analysis of\u00a0<em>Bursatella leachii<\/em>\u00a0Blainville, 1817 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from the Catalan coasts (NE Spain).\u00a0<em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine<\/em>, 64:325-336<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If you have records of this species not covered in this article, better if they are supported by at least one photograph, you can send them to us by email to the address indicated above.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><p><strong>Cite this article as: <\/strong><\/p><div style=\"display: block; background: #444444; padding: 10px 30px 10px 10px; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 18px;\"><p class=\"citacio\"><b>Pontes, M. &#38; Ballesteros, M.<\/b> (2025) <em>\"Bursatella leachii Blainville, 1817 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia), a successful global sea hare\"<\/em> in <em>OPK-Opistobranquis<\/em>. Published: 26\/12\/2023. Accessed: 06\/08\/2026. 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