Aquaculture Studies 2016, Vol 16, Num, 1     (Pages: 019-025)

The Malacofauna of Limonlu (Lamos) Stream, Mersin

Mustafa Emre GÜRLEK 1 ,Ümit KEBAPÇI 2 ,Manuel LOPES-LÝMA 3

1 Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi, Su Enstitüsü, Isparta, Türkiye
2 Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi, Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Biyoloji Bölümü, Burdur, Türkiye
3 Porto Üniversitesi, Disiplinler arası Deniz ve Çevre Arastırmaları Merkezi (CIIMAR), Porto, Portekiz
DOI : 10.17693/yunus.09993 Viewed : 3207 - Downloaded : 2478 The main aim of the present study is to identify the mollusk fauna of Limonlu (Lamos) Stream. All mollusc species were collected from 5 stations chosen on the stream basin. As a consequence of the study, in total 8 mollusc species were determined, 7 Gastropoda (Theodoxus anatolicus, Melanopsis buccinoidea, Physella acuta, Galba truncatula, Radix labiata, Gyraulus piscinarum, Oxyloma elegans) and 1 Bivalvia (Unio bruguierianus). All these species are new records for the research area. Keywords : Malacofauna, Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Lamos stream, Mersin