Marine gastropods of Accra Beach, Barbados, North Atlantic Ocean

By

Das Chagas, Rafael Anaisce
Da Silva, Rosana Esther Oliveira
Freire, Cibele Cristina Oeiras
Barros, Mara Rúbia Ferreira
Dos Santos, Wagner César Rosa
Dos Santos, Weverton John Pinheiro
Herrmann, Marko

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-5-21

Original Publication

Neotropical Biology and Conservation

Volume

15

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

121--133

Subjects

Caribbean island , Echinolittorina angustior , Gastropoda , Ilhas caribenhas , Nerita fulgurans , new records , novo registros

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Brazil Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/neotropical.15.e49624

 

Abstract

The widespread occurrence of marine gastropods in coastal regions is a straightforward evidence of successful adaptation to different environments. In the Caribbean Sea, as one of Conservation International’s biodiversity hotspots, little is known about the gastropod fauna, especially in the Eastern Caribbean. The present study contributed to bridge this gap by studying the biodiversity of gastropods from Accra Beach, Barbados. Throughout random collections in September 2015, we collected 321 gastropods, comprising eight species, distributed in three families (Neritidae: Nerita tessellata, N. fulgurans, N. versicolor and N. peloronta; Littorinidae: Echinolittorina ziczac, E. angustior and E. tuberculata; and Muricidae: Plicopurpura patula). Nerites were more abundant and diverse, highlighting N. tessellata, representing 66% of the sampled gastropods. This paper also reports the first record of N. fulgurans and E. angustior for the island of Barbados.