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The Cardiidae (Bivalvia) of the KARUBERNTHOS, MADIBENTHOS, and GUYANE expeditions with the description of three new Caribbean Laevicardium species

Author: Jan Johan ter Poorten
Basteria, 89 (2): 336- 381Published:

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The Cardiidae collected during the MADIBENTHOS [2016], KARUBENTHOS 2012, KARUBENTHOS 2015 and GUAYNE 2014 Laevicardium species (L. mortoni, L. sybariticum, L. pictum, L. fiski and L. brasilianum). These are herein described as new species: L. caribbaeum spec. nov., L. solidum spec. nov. and L. globotriangulare spec. nov. The latter is an extra-limital tropical western Atlantic species, not found by the current expeditions. Laevicardium pictum is considered as a more northern taxon, largely overlapping that of the Carolinian Subprovince. A new genus, Pseudopapyridea is introduced for Cardium semisulcatum and the fossil C. ponteleviense, both previously placed in Papyridea. A lectotype is designated for C. antillarum A. d’Orbigny, 1853. The first western Atlantic record of the potentially invasive species Fulvia fragilis is documented and discussed, with Fulvia fragilis congoensis von Cosel, 1995 recognized as a new synonym.

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First records of the introduced marine bivalve Theora lubrica A. Gould, 1861 from Asturias, NW Spain (Semelidae)

Authors: J.G.M. (Han) Raven, Alvaro Alonso Suárez
Basteria, 88 (2): 225-228Published:

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The first records of the introduced marine bivalve Theora lubrica A. Gould, 1861 from Gijón and Avilés in Asturias are presented; the first Spanish records outside the Basque Country. It is quite likely that it is currently widespread in harbours and marinas in NW Spain, but has been over-looked or misidentified as an Abra species.

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First record of a population of Hygromia limbata (Draparnaud, 1805) in the Benelux (Gastropoda: Hygromiidae)

Authors: Louis Bronne, Johann Delcourt
Basteria, 88 (1): 68-75Published:

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A population of the Hedge snail Hygromia limbata was found in eastern Belgium (Lontzen) in March 2023. Live individuals of various age classes, along with numerous empty shells, were found in a residential area including two yards of a building materials shop. With other recent new sightings in the northern portion of its range, this find expands the distribution range of the species northwards. It also increases the list of terrestrial gastropod species of southern European origin settling in the Benelux.

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Download articleArtikel First record of a population of <em>Hygromia</em> <em>limbata</em> (Draparnaud, 1805) in the Benelux (Gastropoda: Hygromiidae)