Molluscan hard-substrate associations in the northern Red Sea
- Author(s)
- M. Zuschin, W. E. Piller
- Abstract
The mollusc associations of 29 hard-substrate localities in the Northern Bay of Safaga (Red Sea, Egypt) were studied. The hard substrates were clarified into 7 types: reef flats, intertidal rock bottom, very shallow subtidal conglomerate, Porites carpet, faviid carpet, platy scleractinian association, Sarcophyton carpet. Based on a cluster analysis the molluscs of these hard substrates can be classified into 5 groups: Group A is dominated by Dendropoma maxima, Chamoidea and Tridacna maxima, group B by Pedum spondyloideum, T. maxima and Coralliophila neritoidea, group C by Chamoidea and Cerithium rüppelli, group D by Modiolus auriculatus, Chamoidea, Morula granulata and Nerita albicilla and group E by Chamoidea and Pitar hebraea. The latter group contains only samples which are generally poor in molluscs. Group A molluscs are diagnostic for reef flats, group B for Porites and faviid carpets, group C for Sarcophyton carpets and group D for tidal/shallow subtidal rock substrates. The different hard substrates are therefore characterized by diagnostic mollusc associations and some of them could also be identified in the fossil record.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Palaeontology
- Journal
- Marine Ecology
- Volume
- 18
- Pages
- 361-378
- No. of pages
- 18
- ISSN
- 0173-9565
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.1997.tb00447.x
- Publication date
- 01-1997
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 105118 Palaeontology, 106021 Marine biology
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Aquatic Science, Ecology
- Sustainable Development Goals
- SDG 14 - Life Below Water
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/1c525d93-bac7-43a7-a7b2-21e7edcacf50