Abstract
We here present a checklist of marine molluscs living along the coasts of Salento Peninsula, (Apulia, Italy). In respect to past efforts, this new checklist covers a study area extended to North of Capo d’Otranto along the Adriatic coast and the study material includes now all Mollusca, irrespective of the possession of a shell. A thorough review of the available material made it possible to reject a number of species included in previous checklists, due to misidentifications or records based on fossil material, or in any case not verified and therefore unconfirmed. On the other hand, new samplings allowed to include 64 new records for the biogeographical sectors 6 (Ionian Sea) and 7 (southern Adriatic Sea) of the Italian checklist. This work highlights the rich specific biodiversity of the Salento coasts, as a result of its biocenotic complexity.
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