Distribution and Occurrences of Laevilitorina across the Southern Hemisphere ...

• Main Authors: Rosenfeld, Sebastian, Maturana, Claudia, Wevar, Claudio González, Poulin, Elie
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Instituto de Biodiversidad de Ecosistemas Antárticos y Subantárticos (BASE) 2022
• Subjects: Magellanic Province; Southern Ocean; Sub-Antarctic Islands; Gastropoda; Littorinidae; Occurrence; Specimen; Antarctic; New Zealand; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/dsacsj; https://www.gbif.org/dataset/cd023c5e-8729-41b2-b9df-1419289c0e40

Littorinids are present in most of the coastal areas in the world, playing a significant role in the ecology of intertidal communities. Laevilitorina is a marine gastropodos genus distributed exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere, with 21 species reported at South America, sub-Antarctic Islands, Antarctic, New Zealand, Tasmania and Australia. We present an updated database of these 21 species of Laevilitorina generated from a combination of four sources: 1) new field sampling data and 2) published records, 3) Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), and 4) Atlas of Living Australia (ALA); to provide a comprehensive description of the geographic distribution of the genus through its distribution. ...