Two Rare Deep-Sea Bivalve Species from the Levantine Coast of Turkey: Bathyarca philippiana (Nyst, 1848) and Verticordia granulata Seguenza G., 1860

Authors

ALPER DOĞAN
MESUT ÖNEN
BİLAL ÖZTÜRK
BANU BİTLİS

DOI

10.3906/zoo-0806-14

Abstract

During 2 detailed surveys conducted along the Turkish coasts of the Aegean and Levantine seas in 2000 and 2005, respectively, 2 rare deep-water bivalve species, namely Bathyarca philippiana (Nyst, 1848) and Verticordia granulata Seguenza G., 1860, were recorded. Of these, V. granulata is new for the molluscan fauna of Turkish seas while B. philippiana is first record for the Levantine coast of Turkey. According to the literature at hand, V. granulata is also a new record for the Levantine Basin. In the present work, morphological, ecological, and distributional features of these 2 species are provided.

Keywords

Bathyarca philippiana, Verticordia granulata, Bivalvia, Turkey, eastern Mediterranean

First Page

225

Last Page

230

Recommended Citation

DOĞAN, ALPER; ÖNEN, MESUT; ÖZTÜRK, BİLAL; and BİTLİS, BANU (2009) "Two Rare Deep-Sea Bivalve Species from the Levantine Coast of Turkey: Bathyarca philippiana (Nyst, 1848) and Verticordia granulata Seguenza G., 1860," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 33: No. 2, Article 12. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-0806-14
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol33/iss2/12