Research Article
Bivalves and Gastropods of the Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico: A Checklist of Species with Notes on Their Habitat and Local Distribution
Table 2
Distribution of the species of bivalves and gastropods in the localities and habitats of the Gulf of Tehuantepec.
| Locality | Bivalves | Gastropods | Total |
| (1) Estero Suchiate (sandy beach, estuary + mangrove) | 37 | 5 | 42 | (2) Estero Cahoacán (sandy beach, estuary + mangrove) | 39 | 5 | 44 | (3) Puerto Chiapas (sandy beach, rocky breakwater) | 22 | 8 | 30 | (4) La Encrucijada (estuary + mangrove) | 3 | 1 | 4 | (5) La Joya Buenavista (estuary + mangrove) | 2 | 4 | 6 | (6) Estero Boca de Cielo (sandy beach, estuary + mangrove) | 32 | 20 | 52 | (7) Estero Chocohuital (estuary + mangrove) | 4 | 2 | 6 | (8) Puerto Arista (sandy beach) | 4 | 1 | 5 | (9) Laguna Mar Muerto (coastal lagoon + mangrove) | 7 | 8 | 15 | (10) Bahía Tangolunda (sandy and rocky beach) | 14 | 21 | 35 | (11) Continental shelf (sandy bottom) | 18 | 40 | 58 |
| Habitat | | | |
| Estuary + mangrove | 11 | 19 | 30 | Coastal lagoon + mangrove | 2 | 0 | 2 | Rocky beach and rocky breakwater | 22 | 33 | 55 | Sandy beach | 55 | 16 | 71 | Sandy bottom of the continental shelf | 18 | 40 | 58 |
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