New records for the pleustonic snails Janthina and Recluzia (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae) for Chile
Janthina and Recluzia species are pleustonic snails that feed on cnidarians and can be easily differentiated by their shells, which are of a striking purple to violet-blue hue in Janthina, and whitish to brownish in Recluzia. In the southeastern Pacific off Chile, four of the five extant Janthina s...
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Universidad de Concepción
2023-08-01
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Online Access: | https://gayana.cl/index.php/gn/article/view/293 |