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New records of soft bottom bivalves (Mollusca) from the continental shelf and upper slope of the northern Pacific Ocean of Colombia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2014

Adriana Gracia C*
Affiliation:
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras, Invemar, Museo de Historia Natural Marina de Colombia, Calle 25 No. 2-55, Playa Salguero, Santa Marta D.T.C.H., Colombia
Paul Valentich-Scott
Affiliation:
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History 2559 Puesta del Sol Road, Santa Barbara, California 93105, USA
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: A. Gracia C., Museo de Historia Natural Marina de Colombia, Calle 25 No. 2-55, Playa Salguero, Santa Marta D.T.C.H., Colombia email: adriana.gracia@invemar.org.co
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Abstract

This paper presents an inventory of the species of molluscs collected on the continental shelf and upper slopes (70–500 m depth) on the Pacific side of Colombia. In 2002, 39 trawl samples were taken on soft bottoms by the RV ARC ‘Malpelo’. Thirty-eight species of bivalves were collected, comprising living animals and dead collected shells. Information on abundance, Colombian distribution and depth range is provided. Thirty-four species represent the first records for the Colombian Pacific, significantly increasing the number of shelf and slope species known in the region.

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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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