Why is Tegula atra (Lesson) (Gastropoda) extinct from Patagonia? Biotic response to late Quaternary climate changes in the Southwestern Atlantic

• Main Authors: Aguirre, Marina Laura, Richiano, Sebastián Miguel, Donato, Mariano Humberto, Farinati, Ester Amanda
• Other Authors: Cerdeño Serrano, Maria Esperanza
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Museo de Historia Natural de San Rafael
• Subjects: GASTROPODA; SOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; QUATERNARY; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Argentino; Lobos; Pacific; Patagonia; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/237999

The regional palaeobiogeographical context of Tegula atra (Lesson) revealed that it is a keystone endemic species within the marine Quaternary of Patagonia (Argentina, Southwestern Atlantic, SWA). A detailed systematic review together with field observations showed that it was absent from warmer tha...