A Preliminary Check-List Of Benthic Mollusca On The Qatari Coasts, Arabian Gulf

Abstract

In this paper, an annotated checklist of the benthic marine Mollusca collected from Qatari coasts, Arabian Gulf, is presented. Localities and habitats are given for the common families of the recorded groups. Gastropoda were represented by 41 species; Bivalvia by 27 species and both Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda by one species only.