ReefMedMol: Mollusca from the infralittoral rocky shores - the biocoenosis of photophilic algae - in the Mediterranean Sea.

BACKGROUND: This paper describes two datasets on the molluscan fauna from the Mediterranean infralittoral reef ecosystem - the biocoenosis of photophilic algae. The first dataset is taken from the East Mediterranean node of the NAGISA project. The second one is a compilation based on the available published material in peer - reviewed journals as well as from the accessible grey literature. These datasets cover a time period of 43 years from 1969 to 2012 from several locations spanning the Mediterranean Sea. NEW INFORMATION: This dataset is the only one available from this important Mediterranean Habitat, coded as 1170 in the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) and can provide valuable information on the needs of ecosystems functions and services assessment, habitat and species conservation as well as marine spatial planning.

Introduction

The Mediterranean Sea is the largest enclosed marine environment globally (Coll et al. 2010). A large proportion of its coastline is rocky and mainly made by limestone, a defining characteristic of this marine basin (Gerovasileiou and Voultsiadou 2012). There, marine hard substrates exists which is of great ecological and economic value due to the high structural complexity on which rich marine communities are based. Yet, several goods and services are provided by (Salomidi et al. 2012). Due to the importance of this marine ecosystem, Habitat Directive 92/43/EEC includes it under the code 1170 (Reefs). In the infralittoral zone of the hard substrate, several biocoenoses exist (Pérès and Picard 1964). Among them, the biocoenosis of the photophilic algae is the one that dominates the hard substrates in depths up to 30 meters, depending on the water turbidity, light penetration and availability of nutrients (Coppejans 1980). Macroalgae, the main component of this biocoenosis, provides an excellent host for food and shelter to the taxonomic group of molluscs. This is one of the most important animal groups found in the Mediterranean Sea, and its molluscan fauna is the best known in the world (Sabelli and Taviani 2013) while from the 17,000 marine species that have been found in the Mediterranean, 13% are molluscs (Coll et al. 2010). The biocoenosis of photophilic algae is, however, poorly studied in terms of molluscan biodiversity; few studies examine the species communities in the infralittoral zone. All of them are paper-based, while the detection of them as well as the compilation of the included published information about the species and other associated data (sampling method, depths, location, time period) cannot be retrieved automatically by machine-learning methods and tools.

This study attempts to expand the current knowledge on the rocky infralittoral zone of the Mediterranean Sea by providing occurrence data of molluscan species from two different sources. The first one comes from the sampling campaign of the NAGISA project in the East Mediterranean Sea while the second one comes from the compilation of the available and accessible published material in peer-reviewed journals and grey literature. The present datasets include georeferenced and fully documented information from 22 regions/sampling sites across the Mediterranean Sea, from 1969 to 2012 (Table 1) on 599 species of molluscs (Table 2). Additional information based on the dataset of the NAGISA project about the recorded individuals per species is alsoincluded (127 species, 10326 individuals).

Table 1.

Coordinates, depth and sampling dates of the sampling localities

Country	Sampling site	Minimum depth (in meters)	Maximum depth (in meters)	Latitude	Longitude	Sampling period
Albania	Vlora bay	1	15	40.36343	19.473392	2004-2006
France	Marseille area	5	25	43.18859	5.546588	1969
France	Calvi	3	30	42.57192	8.747125	1980-1983
Greece	Chalkidiki peninsula	15	30	40.11722	23.984323	1997-1998
Greece	Chalkidiki peninsula	15	40	39.98843	23.858191	1997-1998
Greece	Chalkidiki peninsula	15	40	39.98843	23.858191	1998-1999
Greece	Pelagos - Piperi - Gioura	2	8	39.32063	24.054025	1995
Italy	Isola Bella	1	30	37.84993	15.300747	1990
Italy	Lampedusa	0	10	35.52305	12.59324	1990
Italy	Ionian coast of Salento			40.2732	17.791895	1992-2002
Italy	Capo Madonna, Lampedusa Island	1	6	35.4982	12.589623	1994
Italy	Gulf of Castellammare	16	22	38.03581	12.874333	1995
Italy	Ustica island	1	15	38.6938	13.178993	1996
Italy	Otranto	5	25	40.14283	18.507785	2000
Italy	South-western coast of Apulia	3	4	40.18485	17.92297	2002
Italy	Torre del Serpe	1	20	40.145	18.505	2004-2009
Slovenia	Gulf or Trieste	1	4	45.54799	13.662176	2008-2012
Spain	Medes island	1	30	42.04534	3.224491	1984
Spain	Bay of Algeciras	3	5	36.13232	-5.418617	1992-1993
Tunisia	Tunis town	1	2	36.82333	10.31931	2009-2010
Tunisia	Tunis town	3	15	36.82333	10.31931	2009-2010
Turkey	Izmir bay	1	20	38.41861	27.139167	1978

Table 2.

The assembled species list in phylogenetic order.

Class	Family	Species	Authority
Polyplacophora	Chitonidae	Chiton olivaceus	Spengler, 1797
Polyplacophora	Chitonidae	Chiton corallinus	(Risso, 1826)
Polyplacophora	Chitonidae	Chiton phaseolinus	Monterosato, 1879
Polyplacophora	Leptochitonidae	Lepidopleurus cajetanus	(Poli, 1791)
Polyplacophora	Leptochitonidae	Lepidopleurus sp.	Risso, 1826
Polyplacophora	Leptochitonidae	Leptochiton scabridus	(Jeffreys, 1880)
Polyplacophora	Ischnochitonidae	Ischnochiton rissoi	(Payraudeau, 1826)
Polyplacophora	Ischnochitonidae	Ischnochiton sp.
Polyplacophora	Callistoplacidae	Callistochiton pachylasmae	(Monterosato, 1879)
Polyplacophora	Callochitonidae	Callochiton septemvalvis	(Montagu, 1803)
Polyplacophora	Lepidochitonidae	Lepidochitona sp.	Gray, 1821
Polyplacophora	Lepidochitonidae	Lepidochitona caprearum	(Scacchi, 1836)
Polyplacophora	Lepidochitonidae	Lepidochitona cinerea	(Linnaeus, 1767)
Polyplacophora	Lepidochitonidae	Lepidochitona furtiva	(Monterosato, 1879)
Polyplacophora	Lepidochitonidae	Lepidochitona monterosatoi	Kaas & Van Belle, 1981
Polyplacophora	Acanthochitonidae	Acanthochitona discrepans	(Brown, 1827)
Polyplacophora	Acanthochitonidae	Acanthochitona fascicularis	(Linnaeus, 1767)
Gastropoda	Patellidae	Patella caerulea	Linnaeus, 1758
Gastropoda	Patellidae	Patella rustica	Linnaeus, 1758
Gastropoda	Patellidae	Patella ulyssiponensis	Gmelin, 1791
Gastropoda	Lottiidae	Tectura virginea	(O. F. Müller, 1776)
Gastropoda	Fissurellidae	Diodora dorsata	(Monterosato, 1878)
Gastropoda	Fissurellidae	Diodora gibberula	(Lamarck, 1822)
Gastropoda	Fissurellidae	Diodora graeca	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Fissurellidae	Diodora italica	(Defrance, 1820)
Gastropoda	Fissurellidae	Emarginula sp.
Gastropoda	Fissurellidae	Emarginula adriatica	O. G. Costa, 1830
Gastropoda	Fissurellidae	Emarginula huzardii	Payraudeau, 1826
Gastropoda	Fissurellidae	Emarginula octaviana	Coen, 1939
Gastropoda	Fissurellidae	Emarginula tenera	Locard, 1892
Gastropoda	Fissurellidae	Fissurella nubecula	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Fissurellidae	Puncturella noachina	(Linnaeus, 1771)
Gastropoda	Scissurellidae	Scissurella costata	d'Orbigny, 1824
Gastropoda	Scissurellidae	Sinezona cingulata	(O. G. Costa, 1861)
Gastropoda	Anatomidae	Anatoma crispata	(Fleming, 1828)
Gastropoda	Haliotidae	Haliotis tuberculata	Linnaeus, 1758
Gastropoda	Haliotidae	Haliotis tuberculata lamellosa	Lamarck, 1822
Gastropoda	Trochidae	Clanculus sp.
Gastropoda	Trochidae	Clanculus corallinus	(Gmelin, 1791)
Gastropoda	Trochidae	Clanculus cruciatus	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Trochidae	Clanculus jussieui	(Payraudeau, 1826)
Gastropoda	Trochidae	Gibbula adansonii	(Payraudeau, 1826)
Gastropoda	Trochidae	Gibbula adriatica	(Philippi, 1844)
Gastropoda	Trochidae	Gibbula albida	(Gmelin, 1791)
Gastropoda	Trochidae	Gibbula ardens	(Salis Marschlins, 1793)
Gastropoda	Trochidae	Gibbula divaricata	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Trochidae	Gibbula drepanensis	(Brugnone, 1873)
Gastropoda	Trochidae	Gibbula fanulum	(Gmelin, 1791)
Gastropoda	Trochidae	Gibbula guttadauri	(Philippi, 1836)
Gastropoda	Trochidae	Gibbula leucophaea	(Philippi, 1836)
Gastropoda	Trochidae	Gibbula magus	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Trochidae	Gibbula philberti	(Récluz, 1843)
Gastropoda	Trochidae	Gibbula racketti	(Payraudeau, 1826)
Gastropoda	Trochidae	Gibbula rarilineata	(Michaud, 1829)
Gastropoda	Trochidae	Gibbula tingitana	Pallary, 1901
Gastropoda	Trochidae	Gibbula turbinoides	(Deshayes, 1835)
Gastropoda	Trochidae	Gibbula umbilicaris	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Trochidae	Gibbula varia	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Trochidae	Jujubinus exasperatus	(Pennant, 1777)
Gastropoda	Trochidae	Jujubinus gravinae	(Dautzenberg, 1881)
Gastropoda	Trochidae	Jujubinus ruscurianus	(Weinkauff, 1868)
Gastropoda	Trochidae	Jujubinus striatus	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Trochidae	Phorcus articulatus	(Lamarck, 1822)
Gastropoda	Trochidae	Phorcus turbinatus	(Born, 1778)
Gastropoda	Calliostomatidae	Calliostoma conulus	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Calliostomatidae	Calliostoma gualterianum	(Philippi, 1848)
Gastropoda	Calliostomatidae	Calliostoma laugieri	(Payraudeau, 1826)
Gastropoda	Calliostomatidae	Calliostoma zizyphinum	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Turbinidae	Bolma rugosa	(Linnaeus, 1767)
Gastropoda	Skeneidae	Skenea serpuloides	(Montagu, 1808)
Gastropoda	Chilodontidae	Danilia otaviana	(Cantraine, 1835)
Gastropoda	Phasianellidae	Tricolia sp.
Gastropoda	Phasianellidae	Tricolia entomocheila	Gofas, 1993
Gastropoda	Phasianellidae	Tricolia miniata	(Monterosato, 1884)
Gastropoda	Phasianellidae	Tricolia pullus	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Phasianellidae	Tricolia speciosa	(Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824)
Gastropoda	Phasianellidae	Tricolia tenuis	(Michaud, 1829)
Gastropoda	Phasianellidae	Tricolia tingitana	Gofas, 1982
Gastropoda	Colloniidae	Homalopoma sanguineum	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Neritidae	Smaragdia viridis	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Neritidae	Theodoxus fluviatilis	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Cerithiidae	Bittium sp.
Gastropoda	Cerithiidae	Bittium lacteum	(Philippi, 1836)
Gastropoda	Cerithiidae	Bittium latreillii	(Payraudeau, 1826)
Gastropoda	Cerithiidae	Bittium nanum	(Mayer, 1864)
Gastropoda	Cerithiidae	Bittium reticulatum	(da Costa, 1778)
Gastropoda	Cerithiidae	Bittium submamillatum	(de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854)
Gastropoda	Cerithiidae	Cerithium sp.
Gastropoda	Cerithiidae	Cerithium lividulum	Risso, 1826
Gastropoda	Cerithiidae	Cerithium renovatum	Monterosato, 1884
Gastropoda	Cerithiidae	Cerithium vulgatum	Bruguière, 1792
Gastropoda	Cerithiidae	Cerithium scabridum	Philippi, 1848
Gastropoda	Cerithiidae	Cerithium vulgatum	Bruguière, 1792
Gastropoda	Planaxidae	Fossarus ambiguus	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Potamididae	Pirenella conica	(Blainville, 1829)
Gastropoda	Turritellidae	Turritella communis	Risso, 1826
Gastropoda	Turritellidae	Turritella triplicata	(Brocchi, 1814)
Gastropoda	Triphoridae	Cheirodonta pallescens	(Jeffreys, 1867)
Gastropoda	Triphoridae	Cosmotriphora melanura	(C. B. Adams, 1850)
Gastropoda	Triphoridae	Marshallora adversa	(Montagu, 1803)
Gastropoda	Triphoridae	Metaxia metaxa	(Delle Chiaje, 1828)
Gastropoda	Triphoridae	Monophorus sp.
Gastropoda	Triphoridae	Monophorus erythrosoma	(Bouchet & Guillemot, 1978)
Gastropoda	Triphoridae	Monophorus perversus	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Triphoridae	Monophorus thiriotae	Bouchet, 1985
Gastropoda	Triphoridae	Similiphora similior	(Bouchet & Guillemot, 1978)
Gastropoda	Cerithiopsidae	Cerithiopsis sp.
Gastropoda	Cerithiopsidae	Cerithiopsis atalaya	Watson, 1885
Gastropoda	Cerithiopsidae	Cerithiopsis barleei	Jeffreys, 1867
Gastropoda	Cerithiopsidae	Cerithiopsis fayalensis	Watson, 1880
Gastropoda	Cerithiopsidae	Cerithiopsis minima	(Brusina, 1865)
Gastropoda	Cerithiopsidae	Cerithiopsis scalaris	Locard, 1892
Gastropoda	Cerithiopsidae	Cerithiopsis tubercularis	(Montagu, 1803)
Gastropoda	Cerithiopsidae	Dizoniopsis bilineata	(Hoernes, 1848)
Gastropoda	Cerithiopsidae	Dizoniopsis coppolae	(Aradas, 1870)
Gastropoda	Cerithiopsidae	Krachia tiara	(Monterosato, 1874)
Gastropoda	Cerithiopsidae	Seila trilineata	(Philippi, 1836)
Gastropoda	Epitoniidae	Epitonium clathrus	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Epitoniidae	Epitonium tenuicostatum	(G. B. Sowerby, 1844)
Gastropoda	Epitoniidae	Epitonium turtonis	(Turton, 1819)
Gastropoda	Epitoniidae	Gyroscala lamellosa	(Lamarck, 1822)
Gastropoda	Eulimidae	Eulima glabra	(da Costa, 1778)
Gastropoda	Eulimidae	Melanella lubrica	(Monterosato, 1890)
Gastropoda	Eulimidae	Melanella petitiana	(Brusina, 1869)
Gastropoda	Eulimidae	Melanella polita	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Eulimidae	Melanella praecurta	(Pallary, 1904)
Gastropoda	Eulimidae	Vitreolina incurva	(Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883)
Gastropoda	Eulimidae	Vitreolina philippi	(de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854)
Gastropoda	Littorinidae	Echinolittorina punctata	(Gmelin, 1791)
Gastropoda	Littorinidae	Melarhaphe neritoides	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Skeneopsidae	Skeneopsis planorbis	(O. Fabricius, 1780)
Gastropoda	Cingulopsidae	Eatonina cossurae	(Calcara, 1841)
Gastropoda	Cingulopsidae	Eatonina fulgida	(Adams J., 1797)
Gastropoda	Cingulopsidae	Tubbreva micrometrica	(Aradas & Benoit, 1876)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Alvania sp.
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Alvania aspera	(Philippi, 1844)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Alvania beanii	(Hanley in Thorpe, 1844)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Crisilla beniamina	(Monterosato, 1884)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Alvania cancellata	(da Costa, 1778)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Alvania cimex	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Alvania colossophilus	Oberling, 1970
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Alvania discors	(Allan, 1818)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Alvania dorbignyi	(Audouin, 1826)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Alvania geryonia	(Nardo, 1847)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Alvania hallgassi	Amati & Oliverio, 1985
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Alvania lactea	(Michaud, 1830)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Alvania lanciae	(Calcara, 1845)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Alvania lineata	Risso, 1826
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Alvania mamillata	Risso, 1826
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Alvania pagodula	(Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Alvania parvula	(Jeffreys, 1884)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Alvania rudis	(Philippi, 1844)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Alvania scabra	(Philippi, 1844)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Alvania simulans	Locard, 1886
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Alvania spinosa	(Monterosato, 1890)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Alvania subcrenulata	(Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Alvania tenera	(Philippi, 1844)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Alvania tessellata	Schwartz in Weinkauff, 1868
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Benthonella tenella	(Jeffreys, 1869)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Crisilla beniamina	(Monterosato, 1884)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Crisilla semistriata	(Montagu, 1808)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Manzonia crassa	(Kanmacher, 1798)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Peringiella elegans	(Locard, 1892)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Pusillina sp.
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Pusillina benzi	(Aradas & Maggiore, 1844)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Pusillina inconspicua	(Alder, 1844)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Pusillina lineolata	(Michaud, 1830)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Pusillina marginata	(Michaud, 1830)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Pusillina philippi	(Aradas & Maggiore, 1844)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Pusillina radiata	(Philippi, 1836)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Rissoa sp.
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Rissoa auriscalpium	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Rissoa decorata	Philippi, 1846
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Rissoa guerinii	Récluz, 1843
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Rissoa lia	(Monterosato, 1884)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Rissoa lilacina	Récluz, 1843
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Rissoa membranacea	(J. Adams, 1800)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Rissoa monodonta	Philippi, 1836
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Rissoa parva	(da Costa, 1778)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Rissoa scurra	(Monterosato, 1917)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Rissoa similis	Scacchi, 1836
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Rissoa splendida	Eichwald, 1830
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Rissoa variabilis	(Von Mühlfeldt, 1824)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Rissoa ventricosa	Desmarest, 1814
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Rissoa violacea	Desmarest, 1814
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Setia amabilis	(Locard, 1886)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Setia ambigua	(Brugnone, 1873)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Setia antipolitana	(van der Linden & W. M. Wagner, 1987)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Setia maculata	(Monterosato, 1869)
Gastropoda	Rissoidae	Setia turriculata	Monterosato, 1884
Gastropoda	Anabathridae	Nodulus contortus	(Jeffreys, 1856)
Gastropoda	Anabathridae	Pisinna glabrata	(Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824)
Gastropoda	Barleeiidae	Barleeia unifasciata	(Montagu, 1803)
Gastropoda	Caecidae	Caecum antillarum	Carpenter, 1858
Gastropoda	Caecidae	Caecum clarkii	Carpenter, 1859
Gastropoda	Caecidae	Caecum subannulatum	de Folin, 1870
Gastropoda	Caecidae	Caecum trachea	(Montagu, 1803)
Gastropoda	Caecidae	Parastrophia asturiana	de Folin, 1870
Gastropoda	Iravadiidae	Hyala vitrea	(Montagu, 1803)
Gastropoda	Tornidae	Circulus striatus	(Philippi, 1836)
Gastropoda	Truncatellidae	Truncatella subcylindrica	(Linnaeus, 1767)
Gastropoda	Vermetidae	Dendropoma cristatum	(Biondi, 1859)
Gastropoda	Vermetidae	Thylacodes arenarius	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Vermetidae	Thylaeodus rugulosus	(Monterosato, 1878)
Gastropoda	Vermetidae	Vermetus granulatus	(Gravenhorst, 1831)
Gastropoda	Vermetidae	Vermetus triquetrus	Bivona-Bernardi, 1832
Gastropoda	Volvatellidae	Ascobulla fragilis	(Jeffreys, 1856)
Gastropoda	Strombidae	Conomurex persicus	(Swainson, 1821)
Gastropoda	Vanikoridae	Megalomphalus azoneus	(Brusina, 1865)
Gastropoda	Calyptraeidae	Calyptraea chinensis	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Calyptraeidae	Crepidula fornicata	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Calyptraeidae	Crepidula moulinsii	Michaud, 1829
Gastropoda	Calyptraeidae	Crepidula unguiformis	Lamarck, 1822
Gastropoda	Capulidae	Capulus ungaricus	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Triviidae	Erato voluta	(Montagu, 1803)
Gastropoda	Triviidae	Trivia mediterranea	(Risso, 1826)
Gastropoda	Triviidae	Trivia monacha	(da Costa, 1778)
Gastropoda	Cypraeidae	Erosaria spurca	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Cypraeidae	Luria lurida	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Cypraeidae	Zonaria pyrum	(Gmelin, 1791)
Gastropoda	Ovulidae	Pseudosimnia carnea	(Poiret, 1789)
Gastropoda	Naticidae	Euspira intricata	(Donovan, 1804)
Gastropoda	Naticidae	Euspira macilenta	(Philippi, 1844)
Gastropoda	Naticidae	Naticarius stercusmuscarum	(Gmelin, 1791)
Gastropoda	Naticidae	Neverita josephinia	Risso, 1826
Gastropoda	Naticidae	Notocochlis dillwynii	(Payraudeau, 1826)
Gastropoda	Ranellidae	Cabestana cutacea	(Linnaeus, 1767)
Gastropoda	Ranellidae	Charonia variegata	(Lamarck, 1816)
Gastropoda	Bursidae	Bursa scrobilator	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Muricidae	Bolinus brandaris	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Muricidae	Coralliophila brevis	(Blainville, 1832)
Gastropoda	Muricidae	Coralliophila meyendorffii	(Calcara, 1845)
Gastropoda	Muricidae	Hadriania craticulata	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
Gastropoda	Muricidae	Hexaplex trunculus	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Muricidae	Hirtomurex squamosus	(Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838)
Gastropoda	Muricidae	Murexsul cevikeri	(Houart, 2000)
Gastropoda	Muricidae	Muricopsis cristata	(Brocchi, 1814)
Gastropoda	Muricidae	Ocenebra erinaceus	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Muricidae	Ocinebrina sp.
Gastropoda	Muricidae	Ocinebrina aciculata	(Lamarck, 1822)
Gastropoda	Muricidae	Ocinebrina edwardsii	(Payraudeau, 1826)
Gastropoda	Muricidae	Stramonita haemastoma	(Linnaeus, 1767)
Gastropoda	Muricidae	Trophonopsis alboranensis	(Smriglio, Mariottini & Bonfitto, 1997)
Gastropoda	Muricidae	Trophonopsis muricata	(Montagu, 1803)
Gastropoda	Marginellidae	Granulina boucheti	Gofas, 1992
Gastropoda	Marginellidae	Granulina clandestina	(Brocchi, 1814)
Gastropoda	Marginellidae	Granulina marginata	(Bivona, 1832)
Gastropoda	Marginellidae	Volvarina mitrella	(Risso, 1826)
Gastropoda	Cystiscidae	Gibberula caelata	(Monterosato, 1877)
Gastropoda	Cystiscidae	Gibberula jansseni	van Aartsen, Menkhorst & Gittenberger, 1984
Gastropoda	Cystiscidae	Gibberula miliaria	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Cystiscidae	Gibberula philippii	(Monterosato, 1878)
Gastropoda	Cystiscidae	Gibberula recondita	Monterosato, 1884
Gastropoda	Mitridae	Mitra cornicula	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Costellariidae	Vexillum ebenus	(Lamarck, 1811)
Gastropoda	Costellariidae	Vexillum granum	(Forbes, 1844)
Gastropoda	Costellariidae	Vexillum savignyi	(Payraudeau, 1826)
Gastropoda	Costellariidae	Vexillum tricolor	(Gmelin, 1791)
Gastropoda	Buccinidae	Euthria cornea	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Buccinidae	Chauvetia affinis	(Monterosato, 1889)
Gastropoda	Buccinidae	Chauvetia brunnea	(Donovan, 1804)
Gastropoda	Buccinidae	Chauvetia lefebvrii	(Maravigna, 1840)
Gastropoda	Buccinidae	Chauvetia mamillata	(Risso, 1826)
Gastropoda	Buccinidae	Chauvetia recondita	(Brugnone, 1873)
Gastropoda	Buccinidae	Chauvetia mamillata	(Risso, 1826)
Gastropoda	Buccinidae	Chauvetia turritellata	(Deshayes, 1835)
Gastropoda	Buccinidae	Enginella leucozona	(Philippi, 1844)
Gastropoda	Buccinidae	Euthria cornea	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Buccinidae	Pisania striata	(Gmelin, 1791)
Gastropoda	Buccinidae	Pollia sp.
Gastropoda	Buccinidae	Pollia dorbignyi	(Payraudeau, 1826)
Gastropoda	Buccinidae	Pollia scabra	Locard, 1892
Gastropoda	Buccinidae	Pollia scacchiana	(Philippi, 1844)
Gastropoda	Colubrariidae	Cumia reticulata	(Blainville, 1829)
Gastropoda	Nassariidae	Nassarius sp.
Gastropoda	Nassariidae	Nassarius corniculum	(Olivi, 1792)
Gastropoda	Nassariidae	Nassarius crenulatus	(Bruguière, 1792)
Gastropoda	Nassariidae	Nassarius cuvierii	(Payraudeau, 1826)
Gastropoda	Nassariidae	Nassarius incrassatus	(Strøm, 1768)
Gastropoda	Nassariidae	Nassarius lima	(Dillwyn, 1817)
Gastropoda	Nassariidae	Nassarius mutabilis	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Nassariidae	Nassarius pygmaeus	(Lamarck, 1822)
Gastropoda	Nassariidae	Nassarius reticulatus	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Nassariidae	Nassarius unifasciatus	(Kiener, 1834)
Gastropoda	Columbellidae	Columbella rustica	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Columbellidae	Mitrella bruggeni	van Aartsen, Menkhorst & Gittenberger, 1984
Gastropoda	Columbellidae	Mitrella gervillii	(Payraudeau, 1826)
Gastropoda	Columbellidae	Mitrella psilla	(Duclos, 1846)
Gastropoda	Columbellidae	Mitrella scripta	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Columbellidae	Mitrella spelta	(Kobelt, 1889)
Gastropoda	Fasciolariidae	Aptyxis syracusanus	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Fasciolariidae	Tarantinaea lignaria	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Fasciolariidae	Fusinus sp.
Gastropoda	Fasciolariidae	Fusinus pulchellus	(Philippi, 1840)
Gastropoda	Fasciolariidae	Fusinus rostratus	(Olivi, 1792)
Gastropoda	Fasciolariidae	Fusinus rudis	(Philippi, 1844)
Gastropoda	Fasciolariidae	Aptyxis syracusanus	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Fasciolariidae	Tarantinaea lignaria	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Conidae	Conus ventricosus	Gmelin, 1791
Gastropoda	Drilliidae	Crassopleura maravignae	(Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838)
Gastropoda	Horaiclavidae	Haedropleura septangularis	(Montagu, 1803)
Gastropoda	Clavatulidae	Fusiturris undatiruga	(Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838)
Gastropoda	Clathurellidae	Clathromangelia granum	(Philippi, 1844)
Gastropoda	Clathurellidae	Clathromangelia quadrillum	(Dujardin, 1837)
Gastropoda	Clathurellidae	Comarmondia gracilis	(Montagu, 1803)
Gastropoda	Mitromorphidae	Mitromorpha sp.
Gastropoda	Mitromorphidae	Mitromorpha columbellaria	(Scacchi, 1836)
Gastropoda	Mitromorphidae	Mitromorpha crenipicta	(Dautzenberg, 1889)
Gastropoda	Mitromorphidae	Mitromorpha olivoidea	(Cantraine, 1835)
Gastropoda	Mitromorphidae	Mitromorpha wilhelminae	(van Aartsen, Menkhorst & Gittenberger, 1984)
Gastropoda	Mangeliidae	Bela zenetouae	(van Aartsen, 1988)
Gastropoda	Mangeliidae	Bela zonata	(Locard, 1892)
Gastropoda	Mangeliidae	Mangelia sp.
Gastropoda	Mangeliidae	Mangelia attenuata	(Montagu, 1803)
Gastropoda	Mangeliidae	Mangelia multilineolata	(Deshayes, 1835)
Gastropoda	Mangeliidae	Mangelia paciniana	(Calcara, 1839)
Gastropoda	Mangeliidae	Mangelia stosiciana	Brusina, 1869
Gastropoda	Mangeliidae	Mangelia taeniata	(Deshayes, 1835)
Gastropoda	Mangeliidae	Mangelia unifasciata	(Deshayes, 1835)
Gastropoda	Mangeliidae	Mangelia vauquelini	(Payraudeau, 1826)
Gastropoda	Mangeliidae	Sorgenfreispira brachystoma	(Philippi, 1844)
Gastropoda	Raphitomidae	Raphitoma mirabilis	(Pallary, 1904)
Gastropoda	Raphitomidae	Raphitoma sp.
Gastropoda	Raphitomidae	Raphitoma bicolor	(Risso, 1826)
Gastropoda	Raphitomidae	Raphitoma concinna	(Scacchi, 1836)
Gastropoda	Raphitomidae	Raphitoma densa	(Monterosato, 1884)
Gastropoda	Raphitomidae	Raphitoma echinata	(Brocchi, 1814)
Gastropoda	Raphitomidae	Raphitoma horrida	(Monterosato, 1884)
Gastropoda	Raphitomidae	Raphitoma laviae	(Philippi, 1844)
Gastropoda	Raphitomidae	Raphitoma leufroyi	(Michaud, 1828)
Gastropoda	Raphitomidae	Raphitoma linearis	(Montagu, 1803)
Gastropoda	Raphitomidae	Raphitoma lineolata	(Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883)
Gastropoda	Raphitomidae	Raphitoma philberti	(Michaud, 1829)
Gastropoda	Raphitomidae	Raphitoma purpurea	(Montagu, 1803)
Gastropoda	Architectonicidae	Pseudotorinia architae	(O. G. Costa, 1841)
Gastropoda	Rissoellidae	Rissoella diaphana	(Alder, 1848)
Gastropoda	Rissoellidae	Rissoella inflata	(Monterosato, 1880)
Gastropoda	Rissoellidae	Rissoella opalina	(Jeffreys, 1848)
Gastropoda	Rissoinidae	Rissoina bruguieri	(Payraudeau, 1826)
Gastropoda	Omalogyridae	Ammonicera fischeriana	(Monterosato, 1869)
Gastropoda	Omalogyridae	Ammonicera rota	(Forbes & Hanley, 1850)
Gastropoda	Omalogyridae	Omalogyra atomus	(Philippi, 1841)
Gastropoda	Omalogyridae	Omalogyra simplex	(Costa O. G., 1861)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Auristomia erjaveciana	(Brusina, 1869)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Brachystomia eulimoides	(Hanley, 1844)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Eulimella acicula	(Philippi, 1836)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Euparthenia humboldti	(Risso, 1826)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Folinella excavata	(Phillippi, 1836)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Jordaniella nivosa	(Montagu, 1803)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Megastomia conoidea	(Brocchi, 1814)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Noemiamea dolioliformis	(Jeffreys, 1848)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Odostomella doliolum	(Philippi, 1844)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Odostomia sp.
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Odostomia acuta	Jeffreys, 1848
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Megastomia conoidea	(Brocchi, 1814)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Odostomia kromi	van Aartsen, Menkhorst & Gittenberger, 1984
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Odostomia lukisii	Jeffreys, 1859
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Odostomia plicata	(Montagu, 1803)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Brachystomia scalaris	(MacGillivray, 1843)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Odostomia striolata	Forbes & Hanley, 1850
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Ondina vitrea	(Brusina, 1866)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Ondina warreni	(Thompson, 1845)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Parthenina emaciata	(Brusina, 1866)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Parthenina indistincta	(Montagu, 1808)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Parthenina interstincta	(J. Adams, 1797)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Parthenina juliae	(de Folin, 1872)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Parthenina monozona	(Brusina, 1869)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Parthenina terebellum	(Philippi, 1844)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Pyrgiscus crenatus	(Brown, 1827)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Pyrgiscus jeffreysii	(Jeffreys, 1848)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Pyrgiscus rufus	(Philippi, 1836)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Spiralinella incerta	(Milaschewich, 1916)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Strioturbonilla sigmoidea	(Monterosato, 1880)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Tragula fenestrata	(Jeffreys, 1848)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Turbonilla acuta	(Donovan, 1804)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Turbonilla gradata	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Turbonilla lactea	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Turbonilla pulchella	(d'Orbigny, 1841)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Turbonilla pumila	Seguenza G., 1876
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Turbonilla pusilla	(Philippi, 1844)
Gastropoda	Pyramidellidae	Turbonilla sinuosa	(Jeffreys, 1884)
Gastropoda	Amathinidae	Clathrella clathrata	(Philippi, 1844)
Gastropoda	Murchisonellidae	Ebala pointeli	(de Folin, 1868)
Gastropoda	Tofanellidae	Graphis albida	(Kanmacher, 1798)
Gastropoda	Acteonidae	Acteon tornatilis	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Ringiculidae	Ringicula auriculata	(Ménard de la Groye, 1811)
Gastropoda	Ringiculidae	Ringicula conformis	Monterosato, 1877
Gastropoda	Bullidae	Bulla striata	Bruguière, 1792
Gastropoda	Haminoeidae	Atys jeffreysi	(Weinkauff, 1866)
Gastropoda	Haminoeidae	Haminoea exigua	Schaefer, 1992
Gastropoda	Haminoeidae	Haminoea hydatis	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Gastropoda	Haminoeidae	Haminoea navicula	(da Costa, 1778)
Gastropoda	Haminoeidae	Haminoea orbignyana	(Férussac, 1822)
Gastropoda	Haminoeidae	Weinkauffia turgidula	(Forbes, 1844)
Gastropoda	Philinidae	Philine catena	(Montagu, 1803)
Gastropoda	Philinidae	Philine quadripartita	Ascanius, 1772
Gastropoda	Aglajidae	Aglaja tricolorata	Renier, 1807
Gastropoda	Aglajidae	Chelidonura africana	Pruvot-Fol, 1953
Gastropoda	Cylichnidae	Cylichna cylindracea	(Pennant, 1777)
Gastropoda	Retusidae	Pyrunculus hoernesii	(Weinkauff, 1866)
Gastropoda	Retusidae	Retusa candidula	(Locard, 1892)
Gastropoda	Retusidae	Retusa laevisculpta	(Granata-Grillo, 1877)
Gastropoda	Retusidae	Retusa minutissima	(Monterosato, 1878)
Gastropoda	Retusidae	Retusa truncatula	(Bruguière, 1792)
Gastropoda	Retusidae	Retusa umbilicata	(Montagu, 1803)
Gastropoda	Rhizoridae	Volvulella acuminata	(Bruguière, 1792)
Gastropoda	Runcinidae	Runcina sp.
Gastropoda	Runcinidae	Runcina coronata	(Quatrefages, 1844)
Gastropoda	Runcinidae	Runcina ferruginea	Kress, 1977
Gastropoda	Oxynoidae	Lobiger serradifalci	(Calcara, 1840)
Gastropoda	Oxynoidae	Oxynoe olivacea	Rafinesque, 1814
Gastropoda	Plakobranchidae	Elysia timida	(Risso, 1818)
Gastropoda	Plakobranchidae	Elysia viridis	(Montagu, 1804)
Gastropoda	Plakobranchidae	Thuridilla hopei	(Vérany, 1853)
Gastropoda	Limapontiidae	Limapontia capitata	(O. F. Müller, 1774)
Gastropoda	Limapontiidae	Placida verticilata	Ortea, 1982
Gastropoda	Umbraculidae	Umbraculum umbraculum	(Lightfoot, 1786)
Gastropoda	Tylodinidae	Tylodina perversa	(Gmelin, 1791)
Gastropoda	Aplysiidae	Aplysia sp.
Gastropoda	Aplysiidae	Aplysia depilans	Gmelin, 1791
Gastropoda	Aplysiidae	Aplysia fasciata	Poiret, 1789
Gastropoda	Aplysiidae	Aplysia parvula	Mörch, 1863
Gastropoda	Aplysiidae	Aplysia punctata	(Cuvier, 1803)
Gastropoda	Aplysiidae	Petalifera petalifera	(Rang, 1828)
Gastropoda	Aplysiidae	Phyllaplysia lafonti	P. Fischer, 1872
Gastropoda	Pleurobranchidae	Berthella aurantiaca	(Risso, 1818)
Gastropoda	Pleurobranchidae	Pleurobranchus membranaceus	(Montagu, 1816)
Gastropoda	Discodorididae	Paradoris indecora	(Bergh, 1881)
Gastropoda	Discodorididae	Peltodoris atromaculata	Bergh, 1880
Gastropoda	Discodorididae	Tayuva lilacina	(Gould, 1852)
Gastropoda	Chromodorididae	Felimare orsinii	(Vérany, 1846)
Gastropoda	Chromodorididae	Felimare picta	(Schultz in Philippi, 1836)
Gastropoda	Chromodorididae	Felimare tricolor	(Cantraine, 1835)
Gastropoda	Chromodorididae	Felimare villafranca	(Risso, 1818)
Gastropoda	Chromodorididae	Felimida krohni	(Vérany, 1846)
Gastropoda	Phyllidiidae	Phyllidia flava	Aradas, 1847
Gastropoda	Dendrodorididae	Dendrodoris limbata	(Cuvier, 1804)
Gastropoda	Dendrodorididae	Dendrodoris grandiflora	(Rapp, 1827)
Gastropoda	Dendrodorididae	Doriopsilla areolata	Bergh, 1880
Gastropoda	Onchidorididae	Onchidoris neapolitana	(Delle Chiaje, 1841)
Bivalvia	Tellinidae	Gastrana fragilis	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bivalvia	Tellinidae	Macoma cumana	(O. G. Costa, 1830)
Bivalvia	Tellinidae	Atlantella distorta	(Poli, 1791)
Bivalvia	Tellinidae	Tellina albicans	Gmelin, 1791
Bivalvia	Tellinidae	Tellina fabula	Gmelin, 1791
Bivalvia	Tellinidae	Tellina planata	Linnaeus, 1758
Bivalvia	Tellinidae	Tellina pulchella	Lamarck, 1818
Bivalvia	Tellinidae	Tellina tenuis	da Costa, 1778
Gastropoda	Goniodorididae	Goniodoris castanea	Alder & Hancock, 1845
Gastropoda	Goniodorididae	Trapania maculata	Haefelfinger, 1960
Gastropoda	Polyceridae	Limacia clavigera	(O. F. Müller, 1776)
Gastropoda	Polyceridae	Palio dubia	(M. Sars, 1829)
Gastropoda	Polyceridae	Polycera quadrilineata	(O. F. Müller, 1776)
Gastropoda	Polyceridae	Polycerella emertoni	A. E. Verrill, 1880
Gastropoda	Aegiridae	Aegires leuckartii	Vérany, 1853
Gastropoda	Tritoniidae	Tritonia lineata	Alder & Hancock, 1848
Gastropoda	Tritoniidae	Tritonia manicata	Deshayes, 1853
Gastropoda	Proctonotidae	Janolus cristatus	(Delle Chiaje, 1841)
Gastropoda	Facelinidae	Caloria elegans	(Alder & Hancock, 1845)
Gastropoda	Facelinidae	Cratena peregrina	(Gmelin, 1791)
Gastropoda	Facelinidae	Favorinus branchialis	(Rathke, 1806)
Gastropoda	Flabellinidae	Calmella cavolini	(Vérany, 1846)
Gastropoda	Flabellinidae	Flabellina affinis	(Gmelin, 1791)
Gastropoda	Flabellinidae	Flabellina lineata	(Lovén, 1846)
Gastropoda	Flabellinidae	Flabellina pedata	(Montagu, 1816)
Gastropoda	Calmidae	Calma glaucoides	(Alder & Hancock, 1854)
Gastropoda	Tergipedidae	Cuthona caerulea	(Montagu, 1804)
Gastropoda	Tergipedidae	Cuthona genovae	(O'Donoghue, 1929)
Gastropoda	Tergipedidae	Tergipes tergipes	(Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Gastropoda	Siphonariidae	Williamia gussoni	(Costa O. G., 1829)
Gastropoda	Ellobiidae	Trimusculus mammillaris	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bivalvia	Nuculidae	Nucula nitidosa	Winckworth, 1930
Bivalvia	Nuculanidae	Lembulus pella	(Linnaeus, 1767)
Bivalvia	Arcidae	Acar clathrata	(Defrance, 1816)
Bivalvia	Arcidae	Anadara corbuloides	(Monterosato, 1878)
Bivalvia	Arcidae	Arca noae	Linnaeus, 1758
Bivalvia	Arcidae	Arca tetragona	Poli, 1795
Bivalvia	Arcidae	Asperarca nodulosa	(O. F. Müller, 1776)
Bivalvia	Arcidae	Barbatia barbata	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bivalvia	Noetiidae	Striarca lactea	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bivalvia	Glycymerididae	Glycymeris nummaria	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bivalvia	Mytilidae	Musculus subpictus	(Cantraine, 1835)
Bivalvia	Mytilidae	Amygdalum politum	(Verrill & S. Smith [in Verrill], 1880)
Bivalvia	Mytilidae	Arcuatula senhousia	(Benson in Cantor, 1842)
Bivalvia	Mytilidae	Brachidontes pharaonis	(P. Fischer, 1870)
Bivalvia	Mytilidae	Crenella pellucida	(Jeffreys, 1859)
Bivalvia	Mytilidae	Gibbomodiola adriatica	(Lamarck, 1819)
Bivalvia	Mytilidae	Gregariella petagnae	(Scacchi, 1832)
Bivalvia	Mytilidae	Jolya martorelli	(Hidalgo, 1878)
Bivalvia	Mytilidae	Lithophaga lithophaga	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bivalvia	Mytilidae	Modiolula phaseolina	(Philippi, 1844)
Bivalvia	Mytilidae	Modiolus barbatus	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bivalvia	Mytilidae	Musculus costulatus	(Risso, 1826)
Bivalvia	Mytilidae	Musculus discors	(Linnaeus, 1767)
Bivalvia	Mytilidae	Musculus niger	(J.E. Gray, 1824)
Bivalvia	Mytilidae	Mytilaster lineatus	(Gmelin, 1791)
Bivalvia	Mytilidae	Mytilaster minimus	(Poli, 1795)
Bivalvia	Mytilidae	Mytilus sp.
Bivalvia	Mytilidae	Mytilus galloprovincialis	Lamarck, 1819
Bivalvia	Mytilidae	Rhomboidella prideauxi	(Leach, 1815)
Bivalvia	Mytilidae	Mytilus edulis	Linnaeus, 1758
Bivalvia	Pinnidae	Pinna nobilis	Linnaeus, 1758
Bivalvia	Pteriidae	Pinctada imbricata radiata	(Leach, 1814)
Bivalvia	Pectinidae	Aequipecten opercularis	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bivalvia	Pectinidae	Flexopecten glaber	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bivalvia	Pectinidae	Flexopecten hyalinus	(Poli, 1795)
Bivalvia	Pectinidae	Manupecten pesfelis	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bivalvia	Pectinidae	Mimachlamys varia	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bivalvia	Pectinidae	Pecten sp.
Bivalvia	Pectinidae	Talochlamys multistriata	(Poli, 1795)
Bivalvia	Spondylidae	Spondylus gaederopus	Linnaeus, 1758
Bivalvia	Anomiidae	Anomia ephippium	Linnaeus, 1758
Bivalvia	Limidae	Lima lima	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bivalvia	Limidae	Limaria hians	(Gmelin, 1791)
Bivalvia	Limidae	Limaria loscombi	(G. B. Sowerby I, 1823)
Bivalvia	Limidae	Limaria tuberculata	(Olivi, 1792)
Bivalvia	Limidae	Limatula subovata	(Monterosato, 1875)
Bivalvia	Limidae	Limaria hians	(Gmelin, 1791)
Bivalvia	Ostreidae	Crassostrea gigas	(Thunberg, 1793)
Bivalvia	Ostreidae	Ostrea edulis	Linnaeus, 1758
Bivalvia	Ostreidae	Ostrea stentina	Payraudeau, 1826
Bivalvia	Gryphaeidae	Neopycnodonte cochlear	(Poli, 1795)
Bivalvia	Carditidae	Cardita calyculata	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bivalvia	Carditidae	Cardites antiquatus	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bivalvia	Carditidae	Centrocardita aculeata	(Poli, 1795)
Bivalvia	Carditidae	Glans trapezia	(Linnaeus, 1767)
Bivalvia	Cardiidae	Acanthocardia aculeata	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bivalvia	Cardiidae	Acanthocardia paucicostata	(G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
Bivalvia	Cardiidae	Acanthocardia tuberculata	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bivalvia	Cardiidae	Fulvia fragilis	(Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Bivalvia	Cardiidae	Papillicardium papillosum	(Poli, 1791)
Bivalvia	Cardiidae	Parvicardium sp.
Bivalvia	Cardiidae	Parvicardium exiguum	(Gmelin, 1791)
Bivalvia	Cardiidae	Parvicardium minimum	(Philippi, 1836)
Bivalvia	Cardiidae	Parvicardium pinnulatum	(Conrad, 1831)
Bivalvia	Cardiidae	Parvicardium scriptum	(Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892)
Bivalvia	Cardiidae	Parvicardium vroomi	van Aartsen, Menkhorst & Gittenberger, 1984
Bivalvia	Lucinidae	Ctena decussata	(O. G. Costa, 1829)
Bivalvia	Lucinidae	Loripes lucinalis	(Lamarck, 1818)
Bivalvia	Lucinidae	Loripinus fragilis	(Philippi, 1836)
Bivalvia	Lucinidae	Lucinella divaricata	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bivalvia	Lucinidae	Myrtea spinifera	(Montagu, 1803)
Bivalvia	Thyasiridae	Thyasira flexuosa	(Montagu, 1803)
Bivalvia	Chamidae	Chama asperella	Lamarck, 1819
Bivalvia	Chamidae	Chama gryphoides	Linnaeus, 1758
Bivalvia	Chamidae	Pseudochama gryphina	(Lamarck, 1819)
Bivalvia	Galeommatidae	Galeomma turtoni	Turton, 1825
Bivalvia	Kelliidae	Kellia suborbicularis	(Montagu, 1803)
Bivalvia	Lasaeidae	Hemilepton nitidum	(Turton, 1822)
Bivalvia	Lasaeidae	Lasaea adansoni	(Gmelin, 1791)
Bivalvia	Lasaeidae	Scacchia oblonga	(Philippi, 1836)
Bivalvia	Lasaeidae	Lasaea adansoni	(Gmelin, 1791)
Bivalvia	Montacutidae	Kurtiella bidentata	(Montagu, 1803)
Bivalvia	Mactridae	Eastonia rugosa	(Helbling, 1779)
Bivalvia	Mactridae	Mactra stultorum	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bivalvia	Mactridae	Spisula subtruncata	(da Costa, 1778)
Bivalvia	Donacidae	Donax semistriatus	Poli, 1795
Bivalvia	Donacidae	Donax venustus	Poli, 1795
Bivalvia	Psammobiidae	Gari depressa	(Pennant, 1777)
Bivalvia	Semelidae	Abra sp.
Bivalvia	Semelidae	Abra alba	(W. Wood, 1802)
Bivalvia	Semelidae	Abra nitida	(O. F. Müller, 1776)
Bivalvia	Semelidae	Scrobicularia cottardii	(Payraudeau, 1826)
Bivalvia	Solecurtidae	Azorinus chamasolen	(da Costa, 1778)
Bivalvia	Trapezidae	Coralliophaga lithophagella	(Lamarck, 1819)
Bivalvia	Veneridae	Chamelea gallina	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bivalvia	Veneridae	Clausinella fasciata	(da Costa, 1778)
Bivalvia	Veneridae	Dosinia exoleta	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bivalvia	Veneridae	Dosinia lupinus	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bivalvia	Veneridae	Gouldia minima	(Montagu, 1803)
Bivalvia	Veneridae	Irus irus	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bivalvia	Veneridae	Lajonkairia lajonkairii	(Payraudeau, 1826)
Bivalvia	Veneridae	Petricola lithophaga	(Retzius, 1788)
Bivalvia	Veneridae	Petricola substriata	Montagu, 1808
Bivalvia	Veneridae	Pitar rudis	(Poli, 1795)
Bivalvia	Veneridae	Polititapes aureus	(Gmelin, 1791)
Bivalvia	Veneridae	Polititapes rhomboides	(Pennant, 1777)
Bivalvia	Veneridae	Ruditapes decussatus	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bivalvia	Veneridae	Venerupis corrugata	(Gmelin, 1791)
Bivalvia	Veneridae	Venerupis geographica	(Gmelin, 1791)
Bivalvia	Veneridae	Venus verrucosa	Linnaeus, 1758
Bivalvia	Neoleptonidae	Neolepton sulcatulum	(Jeffreys, 1859)
Bivalvia	Myidae	Sphenia binghami	Turton, 1822
Bivalvia	Corbulidae	Corbula gibba	(Olivi, 1792)
Bivalvia	Corbulidae	Lentidium mediterraneum	(O. G. Costa, 1830)
Bivalvia	Gastrochaenidae	Rocellaria dubia	(Pennant, 1777)
Bivalvia	Solenidae	Solen marginatus	Pulteney, 1799
Bivalvia	Pharidae	Pharus legumen	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bivalvia	Pharidae	Phaxas pellucidus	(Pennant, 1777)
Bivalvia	Hiatellidae	Hiatella arctica	(Linnaeus, 1767)
Bivalvia	Hiatellidae	Hiatella rugosa	(Linnaeus, 1767)
Bivalvia	Thraciidae	Thracia distorta	(Montagu, 1803)
Bivalvia	Clavagellidae	Bryopa aperta	(G. B. Sowerby I, 1823)
Bivalvia	Pandoridae	Pandora inaequivalvis	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Scaphopoda	Dentaliidae	Antalis novemcostata	(Lamarck, 1818)
Scaphopoda	Dentaliidae	Antalis vulgaris	(da Costa, 1778)
Scaphopoda	Fustiariidae	Fustiaria rubescens	(Deshayes, 1825)
Cephalopoda	Sepiidae	Sepia officinalis	Linnaeus, 1758
Cephalopoda	Octopodidae	Octopus vulgaris	Cuvier, 1797

Project description

Title

This dataset combines the data of two sources: (a) the monitoring of infralittoral rocky shores in Crete in the framework of the NaGISA project (Natural Geography in Shore Areas, http://www.coml.org/projects/natural-geography-shore-areas-nagisa); (b) the collection and indexing of available and accessible paper published material in peer-review journals as well as grey literature sources.

Personnel

Christos Arvanitidis, HCMR (NaGISA project coordinator, sample collection), Dimitris Poursanidis, FORTH & UniAegean (sample collection, species identification, data management, literature collection, information indexing), Georgios Chatzigeorgiou, HCMR (sample collection), Dimitra Mavraki (data management), Drosos Koutsoubas, UniAegean (species identification).

Study area description

This dataset includes records from 19 sampling sites at 18 different locations (Table 1,Fig. 1).

Figure 1.

Мap of the locations.

East Mediterranean NAGISA project data - Alykes and Elounda: Both sampling sites are located on the North coast of Crete (Eastern Mediterranean) and are characterised by a continuous hard bottom habitat with dense algal coverage ( spp., sp., spp.) and a moderate wave exposure. The area of Alykes has on average a denser algal coverage than the area of Elounda. The substrate is dominated by limestone rocks. Neither of the two sites is impacted by detectable anthropogenic activity, though a sandy beach in ca 500 m distance of the sampling area in Elounda is subjected to moderate beach tourism and increased leisure boat traffic in the summer months.

Mediterranean literature data: The majority of the information come from the analysis of the collected literature (Antit and Azzouna. 2012, Antit M. et al. 2013, Antoniadou and Chintiroglou 2007, Antoniadou et al. 2006, Antoniadou et al. 2005, Badalamenti et al. 2002, Bellan-Santini 1969, Huelin and J. 1984, Kasemi et al. 2008, Kocataş 1978, Milazzo et al. 2000, Miloslavich et al. 2013, Pitacco et al. 2014, Poulicek 1985, Sanchez-Moyano et al. 2000, Simboura et al. 1995, Terlizzi et al. 2005, Terlizzi et al. 2003, Trono 2006, Villari 1993, Russo 1998, Chemello and Milazzo 2002). The extracted information (species list per site/paper) has been indexed in a descriptive database system (Microsoft Access 2010) in order to handle and manage the collected information (meta-analysis, quering). When authors provide species identification in .sp level, this has been kept as is but without authority, as for .sp is not valid.

Sampling methods

Study extent

The data covers 2 sampling events under the NaGISA initiative and several independent sampling events over a time period of 45 years (1969–2012). The dataset originates from 18 sampling sites in several countries of the Mediterranean Sea. Samples were collected from the infralittoral zone from a maximum depth of 40 m (in few studies), having a maximum sampling depth of 20m. Concerning the distribution of molluscs, this habitat is understudied in the Mediterranean Sea — in fact, the Ocean Biogeographic Information System contains only 2 datasets regarding the mollusca fauna over hard bottoms for the entire Mediterranean Sea, and neither of these two are from the infralittoral zone. The present dataset thus provides an important addition to the exiting data for this habitat in the region.

Sampling description

Samples from Crete were collected from two sites, Alykes and Elounda. Both sites were sampled in September 2007 and June 2008. Samples were collected according to the NaGISA protocol (Iken and Konar 2003). At each site, 5 sampling depths have been defined (1, 5, 10, 15, 20 m.) and five random replicate units per ddepth were collected (Chatzigeorgiou et al. 2012). In the laboratory, all samples were identified in the most precise taxonomic level possible, using the most recent literature for the taxon. Animals with half of the size of known adult size are considered as juveniles.

Samples form the other sites have been collected in different periods over the year or over several years under different frameworks. The published available information contains the sampling methods and only the species list that have consequently found in the studied area.

Quality control

All scientific names were standardized against the World Register of Marine species using the Taxon Match tool (http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=match). If recent taxonomic reviews were available that had not been incorporated into WoRMS at the time of standardization, nomenclature follows those reviews.

Geographic coverage

Description

Samples were collected at 22 regions/sampling sites across the Mediterranean Sea LME (http://www.marineregions.org/gazetteer.php?p=details&id=1905), from a maximum depth of 40 m (Table 1,Fig. 1).All data are collected from the infralittoral zone - the biocoenosis of photophilic algae.

The present dataset contains the first electronically available quantitative data on the infralittoral molluscs from the Mediterranean Sea. Moreover, it provides the first qualitative information (species list) about the molluscs from the hard substrates – the biocoenosis of photophilic algae - from that region. As for the coralligenous formations of the infralittoral zone, available dataset can be found at http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.847623 (Poursanidis and Koutsoubas 2015).

Coordinates

36.2173 and -6.0327 Latitude; 30.2639 and 45.7833 Longitude.

Taxonomic coverage

The present dataset, after updating the taxonomy, contains distribution records for 599 species (Table 2).

In total, 155 families have been found over the studied biocoenosis. The distribution of species over them is quite unequal; 71 families are represented by only 1 species (singletones or rare) while only 14 families are represented by more than 10 species. Families and have the largest number of species, 38 and 56 respectively. Detailed information on the structure of species/families can be found in Suppl. material 1

Species richness at the different sites is also unequal. Marseille area has the lowest number of species (38 species) while Tunis town shows the largest number of species (281 species). In terms of families, Marseille, Capo Madonna and Vlora bay have the lowest number (25 families) while Tunis town and Chalkidiki peninsula have the largest number (73 & 76 families respectively (Fig. 2)

Figure 2.

Number of species and families per sampling location. Diagram based on the data from Suppl. material 2

A comparison with the Mediterranean malacofauna (excluding cephalopods) (Coll et al. 2010), which has estimated around 2000 species, shows that more than one quarter of the malacofauna (599 species) is present in the studied habitat - the photophilic algae biocoensis . Similar is the state of the malacofauna from the coralligenous formations (Poursanidis and Koutsoubas 2015) where the same percentage of molluscs have been found.

During the last decade, research in several areas in the Mediterranean has shed light on the ecology of these habitats and revealed a vast amount of information on the biodiversity of the biocoenosis of the photophilic algae (Antit and Azzouna. 2012, Antit M. et al. 2013, Antoniadou and Chintiroglou 2007, Antoniadou et al. 2006, Antoniadou et al. 2005, Badalamenti et al. 2002, Chemello and Milazzo 2002, Kasemi et al. 2008, Milazzo et al. 2000, Miloslavich et al. 2013, Pitacco et al. 2014, Sanchez-Moyano et al. 2000, Terlizzi et al. 2005, Terlizzi et al. 2003). The increased research effort on these habitats along with the initiative of the NAGISA project, addresses the need for a better understanding of the role of this important in the coastal marine environment which is under continuus pressures and threats (EEA 2015). Moreover, species list per habitat for the European waters are a request from RAC/SPA as well as from the forthcoming Integrated Monitoring and Assessment Programme (IMAP) and the Ecosystem Approach (EcAp) of UNEP/MAP and RAC/SPA (http://www.rac-spa.org/ecap).

Temporal coverage

Data range: 1969 1 01 – 2012 12 31.

Usage rights

Use license

Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL)

IP rights notes

The dataset can be freely used provided it is cited.

Data resources

Data package title

from the infralittoral rocky shores - the biocoenosis of photophilic algae - in the Mediterranean Sea

Number of data sets

2

Data set 1.

Data set name

Molluscs from two rocky shores of the North coast of Crete

Data format

Darwin Core Archive

Number of columns

39

Character set

UTF-8

Download URL

http://lifewww-00.her.hcmr.gr:8080/medobis/resource.do?r=molluscs_nagisa

Data format version

ver 1.0

Description

The dataset is available via the Lifewatch node of Greece of the Hellenic Center of Marine Research. The data will also be harvested by and made available through the International OBIS database, as well as through the data portal of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). The dataset is available as a DarwinCoreArchive, all fields are mapped to DarwinCore terms (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/).

This publication refers to the most recent version of the dataset available through the IPT server. Future changes to the dataset due to quality control activities might change its content or structure.

Data set 2.

fauna from the Mediterranean reef ecosystem (1170) – the zone of the photophilic algae.

Darwin Core Archive

27

UTF-8

http://lifewww-00.her.hcmr.gr:8080/medobis/resource.do?r=moll_poursani

ver 1.0

The dataset is available via the Lifewatch node of Greece of the Hellenic Center of Marine Research. The data will also be harvested by and made available through the International OBIS database, as well as through the data portal of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). The dataset is available as a DarwinCoreArchive, all fields are mapped to DarwinCore terms (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/).

This publication refers to the most recent version of the dataset available through the IPT server. Future changes to the dataset due to quality control activities might change its content or structure.

Additional information

Resource citation

Poursanidis D, Chatzigeorgiou G, Arvanitidis C. Mavraki D. and D. Koutsoubas (2015). Molluscs from two rocky shores (infralittoral zone) of the North coast of Crete, collected for the NaGISA project 2007-2008

Dimitris Poursanidis, Dimitra Mavraki & Drosos Koutsoubas (2015). fauna from the Mediterranean reef ecosystem (1170) – the zone of the photophilic algae.

Number of Species per Family

Data type: Microsoft Excel spreadsheet

Brief description: Summary of the number of species per family.

File: oo_83323.xlsx

Species and Families per studied site

Data type: Microsoft Excel spreadsheet

Brief description: Overview of the number of taxa per sampling station

File: oo_83324.xlsx

Rank	Scientific Name
kingdom	Animalia
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
class	Gastropoda
class	Cephalopoda
class	Polyplacophora
class	Scaphopoda

Data set 1.

Column label	Column description
id	A unique identifier for the record within the data set or collection.
type	The type of the source
language	The used language
dataset	The number of the dataset
institutionCode	The name (or acronym) in use by the institution having custody of the object(s) or information referred to in the record.
collectionCode	The code of the Collection, in which belongs to
basisOfRecord	The specific nature of the data record, as described in http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/type-vocabulary/index.htm.
occurrenceID	The replicate in which the record belongs to
catalogNumber	The catalog number of the dataset
individualCount	The abundance of the specimen in the replicate
samplingProtocol	The description of the method or protocol used for sample collection.
samplingEffort	The description of the sampling effort for the specimens collection
eventDate	The exact date of the sampling event
fieldNumber	The combination of the location and the sampling year
locationID	The code of the location
higherGeographyID	The code of the higher geography
higherGeography	The marine basin that the sampling area belongs to
waterBody	The name of the water body in which the sampling location occurs.
island	The name of the island on or near which the sampling location occurs.
country	The name of the country on which the sampling location occurs.
municipality	The full, unabbreviated name of the next smaller administrative region than county (city, municipality, etc.) in which the sampling location occurs.
locality	The exact locality where the sampling procedure took place
minimumDepthInMeters	The lesser depth of a range of depth below the local surface, in meters.
maximumDepthInMeters	The greater depth of a range of depth below the local surface, in meters.
locationRemarks	The method that the location has been located by using Google Earth app.
verbatimLatitude	The geographic latitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodeticDatum) of the geographic center of a Location. Positive values are north of the Equator, negative values are south of it. Legal values lie between -90 and 90, inclusive.
verbatimLongitude	The geographic longitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodeticDatum) of the geographic center of a Location. Positive values are east of the Greenwich Meridian, negative values are west of it. Legal values lie between -180 and 180, inclusive.
geodeticDatum	The geodetic datum of the pair of coordinates
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	The horizontal distance (in meters) from the given decimalLatitude and decimalLongitude describing the smallest circle containing the whole of the sampling location.
scientificNameID	The Life Science Identifiers code of the scientific name
scientificName	The scientific name of the taxon
scientificNameAuthorship	The authorship information for the scientificName formatted according to the conventions of the applicable nomenclaturalCode.
Kingdom	The full scientific name of the kingdom in which the taxon is classified.
Phylum	The full scientific name of the phylum in which the taxon is classified.
Class	The full scientific name of the class in which the taxon is classified.
Order	The full scientific name of the order in which the taxon is classified.
Family	The full scientific name of the family in which the taxon is classified.
Genus	The full scientific name of the genus in which the taxon is classified.
specificEpithet	The full scientific name of the specie in which the taxon is classified.

Data set 2.

Column label	Column description
Source	The literature source used for
basisOfRecord	The specific nature of the data record, as described in http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/type-vocabulary/index.htm.
type	The type of the record
eventDate	The period of the observation
higherGeographyID	The code of the geographic area as is given by the http://www.marineregions.org/index.php
higherGeography	The name of the geographic area
waterBody	The name of the water body in which the sampling location occurs.
country	The name of the country in which the sampling location occurs.
locality	The specific location where the sample was taken.
minimumDepthInMeters	The lesser depth of a range of depth below the local surface, in meters.
maximumDepthInMeters	The greater depth of a range of depth below the local surface, in meters.
locationRemarks	Details on the exact location
verbatimLatitude	The geographic latitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodeticDatum) of the geographic center of a Location. Positive values are north of the Equator, negative values are south of it. Legal values lie between -90 and 90, inclusive.
verbatimLongitude	The geographic longitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodeticDatum) of the geographic center of a Location. Positive values are east of the Greenwich Meridian, negative values are west of it. Legal values lie between -180 and 180, inclusive.
geodeticDatum	The geodetic datum of the used coordinate system.
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	The horizontal distance (in meters) from the given decimalLatitude and decimalLongitude describing the smallest circle containing the whole of the sampling location.
scientificNameID	The Life Science Identifiers code of the scientific name
scientificName	The scientific name of the taxon
kingdom	The full scientific name of the kingdom in which the taxon is classified.
phylum	The full scientific name of the phylum in which the taxon is classified.
class	The full scientific name of the class in which the taxon is classified.
order	The full scientific name of the orde in which the taxon is classified.
family	The full scientific name of the family in which the taxon is classified.
genus	The full scientific name of the genus in which the taxon is classified.
specificEpithet	The species epithet of the scientificName.
scientificNameAuthorship	The authorship information for the scientificName formatted according to the conventions of the applicable nomenclaturalCode.
taxonRemarks	Comments or notes about the taxon or name.