First record of the marine snail Xenophora crispa (Gastropoda: Xenophoridae) from Madeira Island (Northeastern Atlantic Ocean)

• Autor(es): Freitas, Magno N. B. ; Ramalhosa, Patrício ; Moreira, André ; Canning-Clode, João ; Monteiro, João
• Data: 2022
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/6668
• Origem: Repositório da Universidade dos Açores
• Assunto(s): Xenophora crispa; Geographical Distribution; New Record; Madeira Island
• Tipo de Documento: Artigo científico
• Idioma: Inglês
• Contribuidor(es): Repositório da Universidade dos Açores

Descrição

The marine snail Xenophora crispa (d' Orbigny, 1847) is recorded for the first time in Madeira Island (NE Atlantic). This species is currently distributed throughout the central and western Mediterranean, western Atlantic from France (Gulf of Biscay) to North Africa (up to Morocco), including the Archipelagos of the Azores, Canary Islands, and now Madeira.