A single adult of an unidentified hygromiid was discovered at a brownfield site on the margins of a carpark near Tilbury, south Essex, on 3rd May 2017. This was tentatively identified from photographs as a species of Monacha, possibly M. ocellata (Roth, 1839). Later in 2017, with the more widespread appearance of adults at the locality, a more detailed study was undertaken. This established, from the dissection of genitalia in sexually mature adults, that the species was indeed Monacha ocellata, native to the south-east Mediterranean and unknown in northern Europe. Molecular analysis (nucleotide sequencing of mitochondrial COI and 16SrDNA as well as nuclear ITS2 gene fragments) showed a close relationship to GenBank sequences for Monacha ocellata originating from the Citadel of Constantinople, Istanbul.

Anderson, R., Giusti, F., Telfer, M.G., Manganelli, G., Pieńkowska, J.R., Lesicki, A. (2018). Monacha ocellata (Roth, 1839) (Gastropoda: Hygromiidae) established in essex, an addition to the fauna of Britain and Ireland. JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY, 43(2), 201-211.

Monacha ocellata (Roth, 1839) (Gastropoda: Hygromiidae) established in essex, an addition to the fauna of Britain and Ireland

Giusti, Folco;Manganelli, Giuseppe;
2018-01-01

Abstract

A single adult of an unidentified hygromiid was discovered at a brownfield site on the margins of a carpark near Tilbury, south Essex, on 3rd May 2017. This was tentatively identified from photographs as a species of Monacha, possibly M. ocellata (Roth, 1839). Later in 2017, with the more widespread appearance of adults at the locality, a more detailed study was undertaken. This established, from the dissection of genitalia in sexually mature adults, that the species was indeed Monacha ocellata, native to the south-east Mediterranean and unknown in northern Europe. Molecular analysis (nucleotide sequencing of mitochondrial COI and 16SrDNA as well as nuclear ITS2 gene fragments) showed a close relationship to GenBank sequences for Monacha ocellata originating from the Citadel of Constantinople, Istanbul.
2018
Anderson, R., Giusti, F., Telfer, M.G., Manganelli, G., Pieńkowska, J.R., Lesicki, A. (2018). Monacha ocellata (Roth, 1839) (Gastropoda: Hygromiidae) established in essex, an addition to the fauna of Britain and Ireland. JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY, 43(2), 201-211.
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