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Balandra Bay was established as a “Protected Area of Flora and Fauna (APFF and Ramsar)” by the city of La Paz and the CONANP in the late 2012. The protected is formed for 5 nucleus areas that including Balandra Bay, El Merito Bay, Island of Gaviota, Falsa Bay and Puerto Gato Bay. The Balandra Bay is ecosystem considered as spot of high mollusks diversity. Currently of 128 species have been identified in the area and based on sampling efforts in 1991 to 2006 and another 2012 to 2013. A total of 65 bivalves, 52 gastropods, 2 cephalopods, and 10 polyplacophora were identified. Panamic species include Chiton virgulatus, Megapitaria squalida, Laevicardium elenense, Anadara multicostata, Pinna rugosa, Chione tumens, Argopecten ventricosus, Mytella guyanensis, and gastropods as Cerithium stercusmuscarum, Conus prínceps, Elysia diomedea, Hexaplex nigritus, Littorina fasciata, Nerita scabricosta, Oliva spicata, Polinices uber, Strombus gracilior, Cerithidea mazatlanica, and Octopus bimaculoides. Lucina prolongata and Chione californiensis were most abundant into substrate of sand, Saccostrea palmula on rocky shores, Anadara tuberculosa into mud, and Stenoplax mariposa under rocks. This list aims to compile a series of studies with information that will be useful for proper plan of management in the Protected Area of Flora and Fauna Balandra.

Palabras clave: ecología; Balandra; Golfo de Batabanó; espectro trófico

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