The genus Granulina (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) from the Turkish coasts with taxonomical notes on some Mediterranean species

• Main Authors: Bilal Öztürk, Walter Renda, Franck Boyer
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ege University 2020-03-01
• Series: Su Ürünleri Dergisi
• Subjects: granulina; türkiye kıyıları; kabuk morfolojisi; değişkenlik; tür grupları; turkish coasts; shell morphology; variability; species complex
• Online Access: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/egejfas/issue/46987/578751

In the present study four Granulina species  we recognized from the Turkish coasts: G. marginata (Bivona, 1832), G. occulta (Monterosato, 1869), G. boucheti Gofas, 1992 and G. melitensis Smriglio, Mariottini & Rufini, 1998. The high variability of the shell morphology is studied and  « morphologic affinities » are comparatively analized, and two different complex of species are here recognised : the G. marginata/G. boucheti  complex and the G. occulta/G. melitensis complex. Meanwhile, with our records the number of the species known from the research area has been increased to four with the addtion of G. boucheti and G. melitensis. The name Granulina guttula La Perna, 1999 is restored, being considered as not preoccuped by Erato guttula Sowerby, 1832. Granulina gubbiolii Smriglio & Mariottini, 1999 is here recognised as a junior synonym of Granulina minusculina (Locard, 1897).