Marine Mollusk Fauna of Kastamonu and Sinop Provinces: A Compiled list of Black Sea Mollusks of Turkey

Mehmet Culha

Volume : IV, Issue : I, January - 2015

Marine Mollusk Fauna of Kastamonu and Sinop Provinces: A Compiled list of Black Sea Mollusks of Turkey

Mehmet Culha

Abstract :

The study was carried out to determine Mollusca fauna of Kastamonu and Sinop coasts. A seasonal sampling procedure was performed in the area from a variety of biotops in 0–0.5 and 5m depths at 4 stations between July 2007 and May 2008. A total of 11 species and 16823 specimens belonging to Bivalvia; 15 species and 5482 specimens belonging to Gastropoda and 1 species and 1 specimens belonging to Polyplacophora classes were encountered during the study. The presence of the cosmopolitan Bivalve, Pholas dactylus Linnaeus, 1758 was remarked for the first time in this study. Also, in this context, a list of Mollusca fauna of the Black Sea coasts of Turkey is compiled based on various studies carried out in Turkish coasts of the Black Sea.