The shallow-water Polyplacophora of the Azores and some comments on the biogeog...

• Author(s): Ávila, Sérgio P. ; Albergaria, André
• Date: 2002
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/986
• Origin: Repositório da Universidade dos Açores
• Subject(s): Polyplacophora; Azores; Biogeographical Relationships; Marine Molluscs
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

The Mollusc's reference collection of the Department of Biology of the University of the Azores (DBUA) was checked for Polyplacophora. A taxonomic list is given and new data is provided regarding the geographic distribution and bactymetric range of the Azorean Polyphacophora. Some comments are made about the biogeographical relationships of Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Cephalopoda and Polyplacophora of the Azores.