Open AccessLA MALACOFAUNA DE LA ZONA COSTERA DE SANTA MARTA Y PARQUE NACIONAL NATURAL TAYRONA, CARIBE COLOMBIANO
Author(s) -
Juan Manuel Díaz
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
boletin de investigaciones marinas y costeras/boletín de investigaciones marinas y costeras
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.177
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2590-4671
pISSN - 0122-9761
DOI - 10.25268/bimc.invemar.1994.23.0.387
Subject(s) - seagrass , habitat , rubble , geography , national park , natural (archaeology) , substrate (aquarium) , ecology , geology , archaeology , oceanography , biology
Based on intesive collectings and published informations an inventory of molluscan species known from the Santa Marta - Tayrona National Natural Park coastal area was performed, including data on substrate and depth preferences of each species. Of a total of 727 species, 485 are gastropods, 214 bivalves, 13 polyplacophorans, 10 scaphopods, and 5 cephalopods. Most species occur in sandy bottoms with seagrass and in rock-rubble zones in shallow water. The high number of species occurring in this region can be explained by the availability of different habitat types and der s in a reduced area and through historic-biogeographic features of this region.