Published August 1, 2012 | Version v1

A new species of Phorcus (Vetigastropoda, Trochidae) from the Cape Verde Islands

  • 1. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Madrid

Description

A recent molecular study has shown that the well-known intertidal Cape Verde topshell, previously identified as Osilinus punctulatus, O. tamsi or O. atratus, is a distinct undescribed species (Donald, Preston, Williams, Reid, Winner, Alvarez, Buge, Hawkins, Templado & Spencer, 2012). Therefore we describe it here as new for science and compare it to the closest species

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