New Pelagic Gastropoda Species Encountered on the Turkish Coast of the Levant Sea

Authors : Cem ÇEVİK, Ahmet KIDEYS, Benin TOKLU, Deniz ERGÜDEN, Ercan SARIHAN

Pages : 151-157

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :In this work, 9 species of pelagic gastropods were studied during bottom trawling and net sampling for zooplankton of Akkuyu in Erdemli and in İskenderun Bay insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(the northeastern Mediterranean);. Among those, Pterotrachea hippocampus Phlippi, 1836, Cavolinia tridentate insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Forsskal, 1775);, Limacina insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Munthea); trochiformis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(D`Orbigny, 1836);, and Corolla spectabilis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Dall, 1871); were first records for Turkish mollusk fauna, and the remaining, Atlanta peronii Lesuer, 1817, Firoloida desmarestia Lesuer, 1817, Clio pyramidata Linné, 1767, Creseis acicula Rang, 1828, and Creseis virgula Rang, 1828 were first records for the Mediterranean coast of Turkey.
Keywords : Turkish coast, Levant Sea, pelagic mollusks