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Update of the marine Bivalvia Mollusca checklist in Greek waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2005

Argyro Zenetos
Affiliation:
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Anavissos 19013, Attica, Greece
Evi Vardala-Theodorou
Affiliation:
Goulandris Natural History Museum, 14562, Kifissia, Athens, Greece
Catherine Alexandrakis
Affiliation:
28 Jacob Drive, Whitby ON, L1P 1B1, Canada

Abstract

Species of marine bivalve molluscs identified in the last nine years in the Greek waters have been used to update the checklist published in 1996 (Fauna Graeciae VII) by inserting necessary changes and adding new records. The updated version includes 13 new species among which three are exotics (non-Mediterranean species), five rare, two new deep sea and one previously considered a fossil species. Also, as a result of new resources, the distributions of pre-existing native molluscs have been updated to include new habitat areas. The nomenclature is also up to date based on the CLEMAM Database. Thus five species are now excluded either because they are junior synonyms of pre-existing valid species (2) or because of old spurious records (3 species). Additions and corrections of the 1996 checklist have resulted in a total of 308 bivalves in Greek waters.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2005 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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