Abstract
The purple dye murex Bolinus brandaris (Linnaeus, 1758) has been reported for the first time from O Grove inlet (Galicia, NW Spain) in 2007. The presence of the shell mounds shows that this Mediterranean gastropod is commonly recorded in O Grove inlet together with another exotic muricid: Hexaplex trunculus. To the extent of our knowledge, this is the northernmost record of this species on the NE Atlantic coast. This species is the newest entry into a list of 23 aquatic and benthic exotic molluscs species from Galician waters. Most of them are introduced marine species, which arrived accidentally, or not, in the Galician region as a consequence of ship transport, shellfish culture and trade.
Highlights
Two specimens of the purple dye Bolinus brandaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Gastropoda: Muricidae) (61 and 63 mm height) were caught alive by gillnet during a commercial fishery survey on May 23rd 2007 in the O Grove inlet (42° 28.988'N, 8°50.332'W) at 2 m depth (Figure 1)
The presence of the shell mounds shows that this Mediterranean gastropod is commonly recorded in O Grove inlet together with another exotic muricid: Hexaplex trunculus
To the extent of our knowledge, this is the northernmost record of this species on the NE Atlantic coast. This species is the newest entry into a list of 23 aquatic and benthic exotic molluscs species from Galician waters
Summary
Two specimens of the purple dye Bolinus brandaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Gastropoda: Muricidae) (61 and 63 mm height) were caught alive by gillnet during a commercial fishery survey on May 23rd 2007 in the O Grove inlet (42° 28.988'N, 8°50.332'W) at 2 m depth (Figure 1). The purple dye murex Bolinus brandaris (Linnaeus, 1758) has been reported for the first time from O Grove inlet (Galicia, NW Spain) in 2007. The presence of the shell mounds shows that this Mediterranean gastropod is commonly recorded in O Grove inlet together with another exotic muricid: Hexaplex trunculus.
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