Species list and relative abundance of marine molluscs collected on Aride Island beach between March 2001 and February 2002

A total of 261 mollusc species were found on Aride Island’s beach during the study period. Of these, 224 were gastropods, 36 were bivalves and one was a cephalopod. Seven species, and a further seven specimens that could not be identified to species level, may constitute first records for the granitic Seychelles.