Steromphala nivosa (A. Adams, 1853)
Maltese topshell
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Gibbula nivosa A. Adams, 1853; Gibbula rotella Monterosato, 1888; Gibbula altimirai F. Nordsieck, 1982
Conservation Status
Last record: 1978
Rediscovered in 2006
Distribution
Maltese Islands, Mediterranean
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Adams, A. (1853). Contributions towards a monograph of the Trochidae, a family of gasteropodous Mollusca. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1851) 19: 150-192.
Other references:
Affenzeller S., Haar N. & Steiner G. (2017). Revision of the genus complex Gibbula: an integrative approach to delineating the Eastern Mediterranean genera Gibbula Risso, 1826, Steromphala Gray, 1847, and Phorcus Risso, 1826 using DNA-barcoding and geometric morphometrics (Vetigastropoda, Trochoidea). Organisms Diversity & Evolution 17(4): 789-812. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-017-0343-5
Cuttelod, A., Seddon, M. and Neubert, E. (2011). European Red List of Non-marine Molluscs. Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.
Evans J., Borg J.A. and Schembri P.J., (2010). Rediscovery of live Gibbula nivosa (Gastropoda: Trochidae). Rapp. Comm. int Mer. Medit., 39: 507.
Evans J., Borg J.A. and Schembri P. J. (2011). Distribution, habitat preferences and behaviour of the critically endangered Maltese top-shell Gibbula nivosa (Gastropoda: Trochidae). Mar. Biol., 158: 603-611.
Evans, Julian and Schembri, Patrick J. (2013). The resurrection of Gibbula nivosa (Gastropoda: Trochidae). Rapp. Comm. int. Mer Médit., 40: 653.
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Steromphala nivosa (A. Adams, 1853). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1039848 on 2022-04-03
Monterosato, T. A. di. (1888-1889). Molluschi del Porto di Palermo. Specie e varietà. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana 13(11-13): 161-180.
Nordsieck, F. (1982). Die Europäischen Meeres-Gehäuseschnecken (Prosobranchia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. 2., Völlig Neubearbeitete und Erweiterte Auflage. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, xii + 539: pp.
Schembri P.J., Borg J.A., Deidun A., Knittweis L. and Mellado Lopez T. (2007). Is the endemic Maltese Topshell Gibbula nivosa extinct? Rapp. Comm. int. Mer Medit., 38: 592.
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