Tanatocenosis de moluscos gasterópodos en sedimentos de una cueva submarina de la costa oeste de Tenerife (Islas Canarias)
- Martínez, A.
- Núñez, L.
- Monterroso Hoyos, Oscar
- Núñez Fraga, Jorge
ISSN: 1130-4723
Year of publication: 2004
Volume: 16
Issue: 4
Pages: 161-177
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias: = Folia Canariensis Academiae Scientiarum
Abstract
This paper is included in a wider study of the littoral zone close to Playa San Juan (Guia de Isora), at the coast of Tenerife. It is focused in "Cueva de los Cerebros" or "de San Juan", catalogued as "Lugar de Importancia Comunitaria" (LIC ES 70201 17). An inventory of the tanatocoenosis of gastropods mollusk has been done from samples of sediment collec- ted in eight stations inside the cave. According to genera, Alvania (Risso, 1 826) and Caecum (Fleming, 1813) were the most diverse, being Dikoleps Hoisaeter, 1968; Bittium Gray, 1847 and Manzonia Brusina, 1870, in addition to Alvania and Caecum, the most abundant ones. The most recorded species were Alvania guancha Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1993, Fossarus ambiguus (Linnaeus, 1761) and Dikoleps sp. In general terms, shells belong to tidal and subtidal species were recorded. Nevertheless, shells of those species that inhabit associated with benthic invertebrates fauna that live inside the cave were also present.