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First record of the North American cryptic invader Ferrissia fragilis (Tryon, 1863) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in the Middle East

Gh. Yasser AmaalMarco ArculeoFederico MarroneMurtada D. NaserFrancesco Sacco

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education.field_of_studySpecies complexAncylinae biological invasion cryptic species molecular identificationbiologyEcologyPopulationSettore BIO/05 - Zoologiabiology.organism_classificationFerrissia fragilisGenusGastropodaPlanorbidaeFerrissiaAnimal Science and ZoologyeducationFreshwater mollusc

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Some gastropod specimens belonging to the planorbid genus Ferrissia were recently collected in Lebanon and in Iraq, where the autochthonous species Ferrissia clessiniana (Jickeli, 1882) is supposed to occur. The molecular identification of collected specimens proved that they belong to the allochthonous species Ferrissia fragilis (Tryon, 1863), the protagonist of a dramatic cryptic invasion which is of interest to the whole of Eurasia. These findings cast further doubts on the actual existence of autochthonous Ferrissia species in the Palaearctic. The need for a molecular characterisation of the topotypical population of F. clessiniana, and for a revision of the Palaearctic Ferrissia species, is stressed.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2014-01-02
10.1080/09397140.2014.892332http://hdl.handle.net/10447/88085