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Biometric and Genetic Analysis of the Marine Rissoid Rissoa auriscalpium (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia) and its Ecological Implications
Rita Colognola,
Pietro Masturzo,
Giovanni Fulvio Russo,
Mlchele Scardi,
Daniele Vlnci,
Eugenio Fresi,
Rita Colognola
Istituto di Genetica Biochimica ed Evoluzionistica (C. N. R.), Via Abbiategrasso 207, 1–27100 Pavia, Italy.
Search for more papers by this authorPietro Masturzo
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, MeyerhofstraBe 1, D-6900 Heidelberg, FRG.
Search for more papers by this authorGiovanni Fulvio Russo
Laboratorio di Ecologia del Benthos (Stazione Zoologica di Napoli), Punta S. Pietro, 1–80077 Ischia Porto (Napoli), Italy.
Search for more papers by this authorMlchele Scardi
Laboratorio di Ecologia del Benthos (Stazione Zoologica di Napoli), Punta S. Pietro, 1–80077 Ischia Porto (Napoli), Italy.
Search for more papers by this authorDaniele Vlnci
Laboratorio di Ecologia del Benthos (Stazione Zoologica di Napoli), Punta S. Pietro, 1–80077 Ischia Porto (Napoli), Italy.
Search for more papers by this authorEugenio Fresi
Laboratorio di Ecologia del Benthos (Stazione Zoologica di Napoli), Punta S. Pietro, 1–80077 Ischia Porto (Napoli), Italy.
Search for more papers by this authorRita Colognola,
Pietro Masturzo,
Giovanni Fulvio Russo,
Mlchele Scardi,
Daniele Vlnci,
Eugenio Fresi,
Rita Colognola
Istituto di Genetica Biochimica ed Evoluzionistica (C. N. R.), Via Abbiategrasso 207, 1–27100 Pavia, Italy.
Search for more papers by this authorPietro Masturzo
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, MeyerhofstraBe 1, D-6900 Heidelberg, FRG.
Search for more papers by this authorGiovanni Fulvio Russo
Laboratorio di Ecologia del Benthos (Stazione Zoologica di Napoli), Punta S. Pietro, 1–80077 Ischia Porto (Napoli), Italy.
Search for more papers by this authorMlchele Scardi
Laboratorio di Ecologia del Benthos (Stazione Zoologica di Napoli), Punta S. Pietro, 1–80077 Ischia Porto (Napoli), Italy.
Search for more papers by this authorDaniele Vlnci
Laboratorio di Ecologia del Benthos (Stazione Zoologica di Napoli), Punta S. Pietro, 1–80077 Ischia Porto (Napoli), Italy.
Search for more papers by this authorEugenio Fresi
Laboratorio di Ecologia del Benthos (Stazione Zoologica di Napoli), Punta S. Pietro, 1–80077 Ischia Porto (Napoli), Italy.
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Abstract. Two forms of Rissoa auriscalpium were found in Posidonia oceanica beds around the Island of Ischia (Gulf of Naples). In order to investigate their taxonomical value and to quantify the discriminating features found, the radular, conchometric, genetic, and ecological features of the two forms were analyzed. Ecological observations showed that the distribution of the two forms is strongly correlated with hydrodynamic factors.
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