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First record of three Bivalvia species: Thyasira succisa, Lyonsia norwegica and Poromya granulata in the Adriatic Sea (Central Mediterranean)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 April 2015

Pierluigi Strafella*
Affiliation:
Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Largo Fiera della Pesca, 2, 60125 Ancona, Italy
Luca Montagnini
Affiliation:
Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Largo Fiera della Pesca, 2, 60125 Ancona, Italy
Elisa Punzo
Affiliation:
Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Largo Fiera della Pesca, 2, 60125 Ancona, Italy
Angela Santelli
Affiliation:
Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Largo Fiera della Pesca, 2, 60125 Ancona, Italy
Clara Cuicchi
Affiliation:
Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Largo Fiera della Pesca, 2, 60125 Ancona, Italy
Vera Salvalaggio
Affiliation:
Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Largo Fiera della Pesca, 2, 60125 Ancona, Italy
Gianna Fabi
Affiliation:
Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Largo Fiera della Pesca, 2, 60125 Ancona, Italy
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Correspondence should be addressed to: P. Strafella, Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Largo Fiera della Pesca, 2, 60125 Ancona, Italy email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Three species of bivalves, Thyasira succisa, Lyonsia norwegica and Poromya granulate, were recorded for the first time in the Adriatic Sea during surveys conducted from 2010 to 2012 on offshore relict sand bottoms at a depth range of 45–80 m.

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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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