Egyptian Red Sea Shells of Ras Sudr Region, Northeast of the Gulf of Suez (a high Biodiversity Region of the Egyptian Red Sea)

Hamdi, S

Publication Date: 2011

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One crustacean shell and 24 gastropod shells related to 13 different families are collected and described from Ras Sudr region (northeast Gulf of Suez), Egypt. These are one species from cirripedia, one species from vermetidae, three species from Trochidae, one species from Turbinidae, one species from Neritidae, one species from Turritellidae, five species from cerithiidae, three species from Strombidae, one species from Fasciolariidae, one species from Melongenidae, four species from Muricidae, two species from Cypraeidae and one species from Naticidae. Thirty three bivalved shells related to 18 different families are collected and described from the Red Sea in the Ras Sudr region (northeast of the Gulf of Suez), Egypt. Three species from the Arcidae, 3 species from the Mytilidae, one species from the Glycymerididae, one species from the Limopsidae, one species from the Pteriidae, one species from the Plicatulidae, one species from the Pectinidae, one species from the Spondylidae, 6 species from the Chamidae, one species from the Lucinidae, 3 species from the Cardiidae, 2 species from the Tridacninae, one species from the Mactridae, one species from the Mesodesmatidae, etc. 88 pp., num. b/w figs, br. gr. 8 [22 x 15 cm].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Egyptian Red Sea Shells of Ras Sudr Region, Northeast of the Gulf of Suez (a high Biodiversity Region of the Egyptian Red Sea)
• Publication Date: 2011
• Binding: Soft cover