MOLLUSCS OF CHRISTMAS ISLAND

WA Museum Records and Supplements | Updated 9 years ago

Introduction: Christmas Island is towards the lower end of species diversity for similar coral reef surveys undertaken by the Western Australian Museum (Table 8), with a total of 313 species of molluscs collected (Table 9). Mollusc diversity was greater at Christmas Island than the 261 species collected at Rowley Shoals and the 279 collected at Seott Reef in 1984, but fewer than the 433 collected at Ashmore Reef in 1986. However, with 15 collecting days compared to the maximum of 12 on Ashmore Reef and the fact that there were three people primarily interested in molluscs on Christmas Island as opposed to two on the other expeditions, the molluscan fauna of Christmas Island can be seen to be restricted.

Author(s) Fred E. Wells and Shirley M. Slack-Smith : Part 1
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103

MOLLUSCS OF CHRISTMAS ISLAND

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