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On the presence of Pandora inaequivalvis (Bivalvia: Pandoridae) on the Levantine coast of Turkey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2009

Alper Doğan ,
Mesut Önen ,
Bilal Öztürk  and
Banu Bitlis
Alper Doğan*
Affiliation:
Department of Hydrobiology, Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, 35100 Bornova-İzmir, Turkey
Mesut Önen
Affiliation:
Department of Hydrobiology, Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, 35100 Bornova-İzmir, Turkey
Bilal Öztürk
Affiliation:
Department of Hydrobiology, Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, 35100 Bornova-İzmir, Turkey
Banu Bitlis
Affiliation:
Department of Hydrobiology, Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, 35100 Bornova-İzmir, Turkey
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Alper Doğan, Department of Hydrobiology, Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, 35100 Bornova-İzmir, Turkey email: alper.dogan@ege.edu.tr
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Abstract

In a benthic study conducted in Iskenderun Bay, Turkey, in July 2007, the pandorid bivalve Pandora inaequivalvis was encountered at four stations having depths of 1.5–7.5 metres and muddy sand bottoms. This is the first record of this species for the Turkish part of the Levantine Sea.

Keywords

Pandora inaequivalvisfirst recordBivalviaLevantine SeaTurkey
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 1 , January 2008 , e95
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2007

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