THREE BIVALVE SPECIES NEW TO THE TURKISH LEVANTINE SEA

Abstract

Presence of three bivalve species ( Nucula nitidosa Winckworth, 1930; Acanthocardia echinata (Linnaeus, 1758); Abra longicallus (Scacchi, 1835)), previously unknown from Turkish Levantine Sea, was revealed by this study carried out in Iskenderun Bay in the year 2005. Data about some ecological features of these species was provided.