Abstract

LONDONO-CRUZ, Edgardo. Filling a gap: first record of the shell-less neritacean gastropod Titiscania limacina Bergh, 1890 in Colombia. Bol. Invest. Mar. Cost. [online]. 2020, vol.49, suppl.1, pp.223-228.  Epub Sep 05, 2021. ISSN 0122-9761.  https://doi.org/10.25268/bimc.invemar.2020.49.suplesp.1037.

Recording marine biodiversity is a fundamental task and species distributions are at the very core of it. This paper is the first report of Titiscania limacina, a shell-less neritacean, in Colombia. This species was recorded in the intertidal of a rocky ecosystem at Gorgona National Natural Park, Pacific coast. This discovery fills a gap of this species distribution in the Tropical Eastern Pacific and calls attention to biodiversity monitoring, given the potential of this understudied Colombian coast to produce more and interesting findings of new species for the region, in particular, or for science, in general.

Keywords : Tropical Eastern Pacific; Gorgona Island; sea-slug.

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