Zonation-Related Alteration in Shell Morphology of Patella caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758) Distributed in the Mersin Coastline (Mersin Bay, NE Mediterranean Sea): Shell Morphology of Patella caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758) Distributed in the Mersin Coastline

Değirmenc, Ezgi | Çiftçi, Nuray | Ayas, Deniz

Archaeogastopoda (Thiele, 1925) order, which is distributed along the Mersin coastline. The research area consists of three regions of 4 m2 covering the supralittoral at sea level and the mediolittoral and infralittoral zones below the sea water level determined from the Mersin Viranşehir coast. A total of 80 individuals were sampled from the study area. Species identification of the samples brought to the laboratory was made by considering the morphological appearance of the radula teeth. In addition, the Shell morphology of all individuals was determined. Finally, the statistical analysis of the data was evaluated by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and the relationship between the variables by calculating the Pearson linear correlation coefficient. In the study, no individua...