FIGURE 7 in Checklist of marine Bivalvia (Mollusca) from Brazil, with descriptive analyses of their bathymetric and geographical distribution

FIGURE 7. Classification of the marine species of Bivalvia present in Brazil, according to their geographical distribution. In A, species exclusively found on the continental shelf (SW) (368 spp.); In B, the species with wide bathymetric distribution (68 spp.). 'A', 'B' and 'C' refers to species that are recorded from only the Argentine, Brazilian and Caribbean provinces, respectively; 'C/B' and 'B/A' refers to those which occur in two of these provinces; and 'WGD' are species widely distributed, recorded from three or more provinces.