Abundance of the reef-building Petaloconchus varians (Gastropoda: Vermetidae) on intertidal rocky shores at Ilha Grande Bay, southeastern Brazil

ABSTRACT The reef-building vermetid Petaloconchus varians occurs in the western Atlantic Ocean, from the Caribbean Sea to the southern coast of Brazil. The present study evaluated the abundance of P. varians on intertidal rocky shores in Ilha Grande Bay (Rio de Janeiro State), and characterized thei...

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Main Authors: ANDRÉ BREVES, MARIA TERESA M. DE SZÉCHY, HELENA P. LAVRADO, ANDREA O.R. JUNQUEIRA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652017000300907&lng=en&tlng=en