KEANEKARAGAMAN SIPUT (ORDO ARCHAEOGASTROPODA) DI ZONA EULITORAL PULAU SEMBILAN, KABUPATEN KOTABARU

Abstract

Abstract There was no data on archaeogastropod snails at eulittoral zone of Pulau Sembilan, Kotabaru Regency. The aim of the research was to identify the snails inhabiting at the area mentioned above. Snails were collected from 20 plots and each plot was 1 m2. Data was analyszed to obtain the indekx diversity of Shannon-Wienner. Each snail species was described qualitatively. There were 12 species of snails (519 individuals). The biodiversity index was 2,27 and was categorized moderate.