Further taxonomical and ecological studies on some marine gastropods of the intertidal zone between Safaga and EL Koseir at the Western coast of the Red-Sea-Egypt

doi:10.21608/jades.2016.63341

Further taxonomical and ecological studies on some marine gastropods of the intertidal zone between Safaga and EL Koseir at the Western coast of the Red-Sea-Egypt

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10.21608/jades.2016.63341

Abstract

Six different species relating to the class Gastropoda have been collected for the first time in the region between Safaga and EL Koseir along the sandy and rocky western-intertidal shallow shore of the western edge of the Red Sea. These 6 specimens are registered as 1^st record according to the Taxonomical and zoogeographical scientific studies and these are Conus virgo (Linnaeus 1758), Nerita albicilla (Linnaeus 1758), Nerita polita (Linnaeus 1758), Nerita undata (Linnaeus 1758), Cerithuim punctatum (Bruguiere 1792), and Planaxis sulcatus (Born, 1778).

Keywords

Red Sea
molluscs
Marine gastropods
Marine biology

Journal of Egyptian Academic Society for Environmental Development. D, Environmental Studies

Further taxonomical and ecological studies on some marine gastropods of the intertidal zone between Safaga and EL Koseir at the Western coast of the Red-Sea-Egypt

Volume 17, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1 2016Pages 1-11

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Volume 17, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
2016
Pages 1-11