Laevilitorina venusta Pfeffer 1886
Authors/Creators
- 1. Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Biological Oceanography, Seestrasse 15, D- 18119 Rostock, Germany
- 2. Universität Rostock, Institut für Biowissenschaften, Allgemeine & Spezielle Zoologie, Universitätsplatz 2, D- 18055 Rostock, Germany
Description
36. Laevilitorina venusta Pfeffer, 1886 [Figs 14D–G]
Laevilitorina venusta Pfeffer, 1886: 85, pl. 1, figs 9a, b [in Martens & Pfeffer 1986]
Material examined. • 38 spms, Stn. 2; • 16 spms, Stn. 9.
Type locality. South Georgia.
Bathymetric distribution. 0–30 m.
Substrate. Hard bottom, grazing on macroalgae or stones.
Geographical distribution. ANTARCTICA: Antarctic Peninsula. SUBANTARCTICA: Kerguelen Islands, Crozet Islands, Marion Islands, Macquarie Islands. SCOTIA ARC: South Georgia, South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands. SOUTH AMERICA: -.
Remarks. Engl (2012, p. 102) has made detailed comments on the unclear status of the species L. caliginosa (Gould, 1848), a name which was very often used for records on the South Shetland Islands (and elsewhere). Due to the revision of the higher latitude periwinkle species Laevilitorina caliginosa sensu lato by Rosenfeld et al. (2024) we know, that the records at King George Island refer to L. venusta. During our study, we found L. venusta exclusively in the intertidal zone. The species is already known (as L. caliginosa) from Maxwell and Admiralty Bays.
References. Arnaud et al. (1986), Rauschert (1991), Engl (2012), Aghmich et al. (2016), Aldea et al. (2016), Rosenfeld et al. (2022, 2024).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Pfeffer
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Order
- Littorinimorpha
- Family
- Littorinidae
- Genus
- Laevilitorina
- Species
- venusta
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Laevilitorina venusta Pfeffer, 1886 sec. Zettler & Bick, 2025
References
- Martens, E. von. (1885) Vorlaufige Mittheilungen uber die Molluskenfauna von Sud-Georgien. Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 1885, 89-94.
- Engl, W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Conchbooks, Hackenheim, 402 pp.
- Rosenfeld, S., Segovia, N. I., Maturana, C. S., Aldea, C., Saucede, T., Brickle, P., Spencer, H. G., Poulin, E. & Gonzalez-Wevar, C. A. (2024) A revision of the higher latitude periwinkle species Laevilitorina caliginosa sensu lato. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 202, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad171
- ArnaUd, P. M., JazdzEwskI, K., PrEslEr, P. & SIcInskI, J. (1986) PrElImInary sUrvEy Of bEnthIc InvErtEbratEs cOllEctEd by POlIsh Antarctic Expeditions in Admiralty Bay. Polish Polar Research, 7 (1 - 2), 7-24.
- Rauschert, M. (1991) Ergebnisse der faunistischen Arbeiten im Benthal von King George Island (Sudshetlandinseln, Antarktis). Berichte zur Polarforschung, 76, 1-75. https://doi.org/10.2312/BzP_0076_1991
- Aghmich, A., Taboada, S., Toll, L. & Ballesteros, M. (2016) First assessment of the rocky intertidal communities of Fildes Bay, King George Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica). Polar Biology, 39, 189-198. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-015-1814-9
- Aldea, C., Engl, W., Kohlberg, G., Schories, D., Schroedl, M. & Schwabe, E. (2016) Chapter " Molluscs, Mollusca " from Marine Wildlife, King George Island, Antarctica. Conchylia, 47 (1 - 2), 35-66.
- Rosenfeld, S., Maturana, C. S., Spencer, H. G., Convey, P., Saucede, T., Brickle, P., Bahamonde, F., Jossart, Q., Poulin, E. & Gonzalez-Wevar, C. (2022) Complete distribution of the genus Laevilitorina (Littorinimorpha, Littorinidae) in the Southern Hemisphere: remarks and natural history. ZooKeys, 1127, 61-77. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1127.91310