<documentID-CLB-Dataset="8878"ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1010.58759"ID-GBIF-Dataset="991ddda8-cc57-4ef5-8ada-5ea378885925"ID-PMC="PMC7817654"ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-1010-1"ID-Pensoft-UUID="D317557D854C577289AA424187C079D2"ID-PubMed="33531857"ID-ZooBank="45DF30C9AEB448AAAC32BBE77CB7191D"ModsDocID="1313-2970-1010-1"checkinTime="1610662641170"checkinUser="pensoft"docAuthor="Albano, Paolo G., Steger, Jan, Bakker, Piet A. J., Bogi, Cesare, Bosnjak, Marija, Guy-Haim, Tamar, Huseyinoglu, Mehmet Fatih, LaFollette, Patrick I., Lubinevsky, Hadas, Mulas, Martina, Stockinger, Martina, Azzarone, Michele & Sabelli, Bruno"docDate="2021"docId="E7AD6646C8605ED985B6C70D67BFD519"docLanguage="en"docName="ZooKeys 1010: 1-95"docOrigin="ZooKeys 1010"docPubDate="2021-01-13"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1010.58759"docTitle="Nudiscintilla glabra Luetzen & Nielsen, 2005 (sensu Mifsud and Ovalis 2012"docType="treatment"docVersion="7"id="D317557D854C577289AA424187C079D2"lastPageNumber="1"masterDocId="D317557D854C577289AA424187C079D2"masterDocTitle="Numerous new records of tropical non-indigenous species in the Eastern Mediterranean highlight the challenges of their recognition and identification"masterLastPageNumber="95"masterPageNumber="1"pageNumber="1"updateTime="1732649705346"updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
<mods:titleid="F3490CB516AF37FE513CE02A6247C414">Numerous new records of tropical non-indigenous species in the Eastern Mediterranean highlight the challenges of their recognition and identification</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="BDF929EAD50C21EC58C0DFC8719C2F82">Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="A329F610B1D8D068E91FE078A19EB269">Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="374C710F37135E652339CEB21043275F">Gruppo Malacologico Livornese, c / o Museo di Storia Naturale del Mediterraneo, via Roma 234, 57127, Livorno, Italy</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="66CD41E77EB69171EFCA48D8ECC601D2">Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria & Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, Zagreb, Croatia</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="CE38313A0C4EBA15B073A357A4EB3C0B">National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR), Haifa 3108001, Israel</mods:affiliation>
<mods:namePartid="52EFFA9B2F5007DCF397E6536AE4DBA6">Huseyinoglu, Mehmet Fatih</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="10E62C9EB3CA927FA293B5BA677FDC56">Faculty of Maritime Studies, University of Kyrenia, Karakum, Girne, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus</mods:affiliation>
<mods:namePartid="593DCC3E091BC8714A68354E634D87D2">LaFollette, Patrick I.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="A5F2BB8544066E0B4B628A80D458F279">Malacology Section, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="464F302D99A61BA5417CEC812EEBD2AD">National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR), Haifa 3108001, Israel</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="0AA9BA4C228FCAE7FD681F92892CD3AF">National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR), Haifa 3108001, Israel & The Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, 199 Aba Khoushy Ave., Mt. Carmel, Haifa 3498838, Israel</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="05974759FE169ED598839A1103739712">Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="D8EDB02277AF01BCD5A8A2FB7B25E3A4">Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="323CA08B6B8471271962AF9DF2F6FDE8">Museo di Zoologia dell'Universita di Bologna, via Selmi 3, 40126, Bologna, Italy</mods:affiliation>
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; depth 3-4 m; 6 Nov. 2018; pools with bioclastic sand in rocky bottom; snorkelled; J. Steger leg.; HELM project (sample D7); size: L 10.0 mm, H 6.4 mm (Figure
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and Nielsen, 2005, based on five living specimens collected at Yumurtalik, Adana (Turkey) in shallow water. Their tentative identification was primarily guided by the external morphology of the living animals, which had a smooth mantle surface. This feature is characteristic for the monotypic genus
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(hence the genus name), but unusual among scintilloid galeommatids in general. Although no observations on living individuals could be made by us, the shell morphology of our material well matches that of the specimen illustrated in
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: fig. 1), suggesting conspecificity. Our findings represent the first records of this species from Israel. However, the dentition of the right valve as seen in SEM images (Figure
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: the latter has a single cardinal tooth in each valve and no lateral teeth. However, the studied right valve - the hinge of the single live-collected specimen was not examined to avoid damage - bears what appears to be two cardinal teeth (Figure
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<figureCitationid="E4E227C17581EBD9775EDEC3E07931EA"captionStart="Figure 40"captionStartId="F40"captionText="Figure 40. Nudiscintilla cf. glabra Luetzen & Nielsen, 2005 (sensu Mifsud and Ovalis 2012) A-E Nahariyya, Israel, HELM project (sample D 7): outer (A) and inner (B) views, detail of hinge (C) and hinge in dorsal view (D, E) of right valve F, G Palmachim, Israel, HELM project (sample H 17): right (F) and left (G) valve outer views. Scale bars: 3 mm (A, B); 0.5 mm (C, D); 0.2 mm (E); 1 mm (F, G)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1010.58759.figure40"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/496993"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">40D, E</figureCitation>
), as well as a ridge posterior to the internal ligament which most likely is a lateral tooth. This ridge seems to correspond to the left of the two swellings indicated by a pair of arrows on the right hand side of
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) speaks against this hypothesis. Furthermore, their living individuals had a small tentacle situated above the widely gaping anterior inhalant region (cf.
<bibRefCitationid="DB7174D2F5F4CA6D6D2AC74BDB0FFA20"author="Mifsud, C"journalOrPublisher="Triton"pageId="0"pageNumber="1"pagination="6 - 8"refId="B154"refString="Mifsud, C, Ovalis, P, 2012. A galeommatid bivalve new to the Mediterranean Sea. Triton 26: 6 - 8"title="A galeommatid bivalve new to the Mediterranean Sea."volume="26"year="2012">Mifsud and Ovalis (2012</bibRefCitation>
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: 292, fig. 38a) shows a small tentacle in the posterior exhalant region of the reflected mantle. In the light of the poorly developed taxonomy and great species diversity of galeommatid bivalves in the Indo-Pacific, further observations on living specimens, thorough comparisons with the type material from Thailand and molecular analyses are required to definitely clarify the relationship of Mediterranean specimens with
