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Habit and behaviour of the nestling bivalve Gregariella semigranata (Reeve, 1858) from the Mediterranean coralligenous
| العنوان: | Habit and behaviour of the nestling bivalve Gregariella semigranata (Reeve, 1858) from the Mediterranean coralligenous |
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| المؤلفون: | Sanfilippo R., Donato G., Reitano A., Serio D., Bracchi V. A., Negri M. P., Basso D., Rosso A. |
| المساهمون: | Sanfilippo, R, Donato, G, Reitano, A, Serio, D, Bracchi, V, Negri, M, Basso, D, Rosso, A |
| بيانات النشر: | Institute of Malacology US |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| المجموعة: | Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca: BOA (Bicocca Open Archive) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | bioconstruction, calcareous algae, cryptic specie, Holocene, Ionian Sea, Mytilidae, GEO/01 - PALEONTOLOGIA E PALEOECOLOGIA |
| الوصف: | The minute bivalve Gregariella semigranata (Reeve, 1858) was first reported from the coralligenous algal reefs off of Marzamemi in southeastern Sicily. The species has a cryptic, nestling lifestyle within convolutions of calcareous algae and crevices, occurring also under the canopy of fleshy algae and inside the soft tissues of sponges. A peculiar cocoon of threads and agglutinated mud enveloping some Gregariella specimens was observed, partly filling the gaps between the shell and the walls of hosting crevices, with a possible function of protection and/or stabilization. The posterior half of the valves develops a hairy periostracum with a tuft of long branched barbules resembling the surrounding soft algae. The tuft is the only part protruding from the substratum, with a possible mimetic function against predators. The numerous specimens of G. semigranata from Marzamemi allowed us to better focus on the ecology and the life strategy of this bivalve and adds a further record from the Ionian coasts of Sicily to its known Mediterranean geographical distribution. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | STAMPA |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:001170542700004; volume:66; issue:1-2; firstpage:103; lastpage:113; numberofpages:11; journal:MALACOLOGIA; https://hdl.handle.net/10281/456670 |
| DOI: | 10.4002/040.066.0104 |
| الاتاحة: | https://hdl.handle.net/10281/456670 https://doi.org/10.4002/040.066.0104 |
| Rights: | info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.750CEA30 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.4002/040.066.0104 |
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