Phylum: Mollusca - Class: Polyplacophora

Family: Tonicellidae Simroth, 1894

Lepidochitona monterosatoi Kaas & Van Belle, 1981

Otranto (Lecce, Italy)

Specie non comune.

Uncommon species.

Bibliography

Terlizzi A., Scuderi D., Fraschetti S., Guidetti P. & Boero F. (2003). Molluscs on subtidal cliffs: Patterns of spatial distribution. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 83 (1): 165–172. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315403006933h

Terlizzi, A., Scuderi, D., Fraschetti, S. et al., (2005). Quantifying effects of pollution on biodiversity: a case study of highly diverse molluscan assemblages in the Mediterranean. Marine Biology 148: 293–305. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-005-0080-8