Investigation of Population Characteristics of Rapa Sea Snail (Rapana venosa Valenciennes, 1846) in Çamburnu Bay (Trabzon)
Journal: Osmaniye Korkut Ata Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi
Year: 2022

In the present study, some population characteristics of Rapa Sea snail (Rapana venosa) samples collected from coastal zone of the Eastern Black Sea were investigated. For this purpose, Rapa whelk samples were collected by snorkeling from depths of ∼7-13 m in Çamburnu Bay (Trabzon) in the year 2020. Morphometric measurements such as shell size (shell length and width) and operculum size (aperture length and width) as well as total body weight were measured using a caliper with an accuracy of 0,0