Untangling the origin of the newcomer Phorcus sauciatus (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in a remote Atlantic archipelago

• Published in: Marine Biology
• Main Authors: Baptista, Lara, Santos, Antonio M., Melo, Carlos S., Rebelo, Ana C., Madeira, Patricia, Cordeiro, Ricardo, Botelho, Andrea Z., Hipolito, Ana, Pombo, Joana, Voelker, Antje, Avila, Sergio P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SPRINGER HEIDELBERG 2021
• Subjects: Marine & Freshwater Biology; Bia; Maria Island; Newcomer; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/17069; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-020-03808-5

The marine topshell Phorcus sauciatus is currently found along the temperate-subtropical shores of the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. Although present in the Iberian Peninsula, Madeira, and Canaries for centuries, P. sauciatus has only recently reached another oceanic volcanic archipelago in the region....