Holocene molluscs from Rio de Janeiro state coast, Brazil

By

Souza, Rosa Cristina Corrêa Luz De
Lima, Tania Andrade
Silva, Edson Pereira

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2010-6-1

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

6

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

301--308

Subjects

archeological sites , Mollusca , shell mounds

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/6.2.301

 

Abstract

A list of marine species of bivalves and gastropods found in seventy archeological sites of the shellmound type from Rio de Janeiro state was produced, based on the archeological material deposited in the collections of Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro, RJ), Instituto de Arqueologia Brasileira (Belford Roxo, RJ) and Museu do Sambaqui da Tarioba (Rio das Ostras, RJ). A total of 124 taxa were identified, of which 65 bivalves and 59 gastropods. The data retrieved from the shellmounds indicate stability of the composition patterns of mollusc biodiversity on the Rio de Janeiro state coast, at least in the period between 8,000 and 2,000 years B.P. The listing presented may be useful as a reference inventory for research pertaining to biological invasions, biogeography, conservation and management.