Additions to the Knowledge of Alien Molluscs of the Aegean Sea with Three New Records: Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus, 1758), Anadara natalensis (Krauss, 1848) and Arcuatula senhousia (Benson in Cantor, 1842)

DOĞAN, ALPER; ÖZTÜRK, BİLAL; Bakir, Banu; ÖNEN, MESUT

doi:10.4194/1303-2712-v14_1_27

Additions to the Knowledge of Alien Molluscs of the Aegean Sea with Three New Records: Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus, 1758), Anadara natalensis (Krauss, 1848) and Arcuatula senhousia (Benson in Cantor, 1842)

DOĞAN A. , ÖZTÜRK B. , Bakir B. B. , ÖNEN M.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES, vol.14, no.1, pp.255-260, 2014 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 14 Issue: 1
Publication Date: 2014
Doi Number: 10.4194/1303-2712-v14_1_27
Title of Journal : TURKISH JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES
Page Numbers: pp.255-260

Abstract

Within the frame of surveys conducted in Izmir Bay (Aegean Sea) in November 2008, April 2009 and April-May 2012, three alien molluscs (Crepidula fornicata, Anadara natalensis and Arcuatula senhousia) have been recorded. Of the identified species, A. senhousia is new record for the Aegean Sea and the Turkish mollusc fauna, A. natalensis is new record for the Aegean Sea fauna, and the calyptraeid gastropod C. fornicata is new report for the Turkish mollusc fauna.