Diversity of gastropods in Kapas Island, Indonesia

Gastropods are one of the constituents benthic communities in waters and found throughout world, ranging from shallow, sandy, coral reefs to deep seas. have several advantages, most relevant is that they can be used as bioindicators pollution. The purpose this study was determine diversity abundance gastropods Kapas Island, Indonesia. This research conducted for two months on coast Gastropod collection carried out at 10 observation stations using three transect lines toward sea divided into parts, namely upper intertidal, middle lower intertidal each line. distance between ~ 150 m. Ninety plots 1 m2 were set. Abundance analyzed qualitatively. Results showed consisted 9 genera 14 species. Among them, Cerithium sp. had highest individual (40.15%). index Island 2.07 (medium diversity).