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Diversity of Mangrove Snails and Microhabitats in Setiu Wetlands,
Terengganu
Noor Hamizah binti Mohamad Basir
Supervisor: Dr. Nursalwa Binti Baharuddin
Bachelor of Applied Sciences
(Biodiversity Conservation and Management)
School of Marine and Environmental Sciences
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Setiu Wetlands is the biggest natural wetland in the East Coast region of
Peninsular Malaysia. Gastropods are univalve mollusc which are vastly spread
in marine ecosystem. This study were aimed to determine species diversity and
its conservation status following International Union for Conservation of Nature
(IUCN), and secondly, to identify its microhabitats (mangrove vegetation,
height the snails inhabit the trees and preferences of resting place). A plot of
10 meter x 5 meter was established at three different sites and snails were
collected from four trees from October 2017 and January 2018. Diversity index
recorded H’ = 1.798 that indicated low in diversity. A total of 12 species from
four families were found. Two species been categorised as Least Concern whilst
10 species were Not Evaluated. Results also suggested that different species of
gastropods were likely to inhabit different type of vegetations and also differ in
height and preferences of resting place.
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