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- Occurrence and Mortality of Marine Mammals along the Andhra Pradesh Coast, East Coast of India
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Indian Forester, Vol 130, No 10 (2004), Pagination: 1132-1140Abstract
A survey of marine mammals of the Andhra Pradesh coast of India was undertaken for a period of one year from April 2000 to May 2001. Time-constrained opportunistic marine mammal sightings were made in the near shore waters and close to important river mouth areas. Dead specimens of dolphins and porpoises stranded along the coast were documented by visiting the entire coast every month. Morphometric measures were taken from all stranded marine mammals and standard identification keys were used identification. Five species of marine mammals along the Andhra coast were recorded during the study. However, based on other records, at least 3-4 other species of marine mammals are expected to occur along the Andhra Pradesh coast. Besides deliberate killing and destruction of natural marine habitat, incidental capture related mortality was found to be amongst the major threats to marine mammals of Andhra Pradesh coast. Awareness drives combined with stringent protection and conservation measures by the marine fisheries and wildlife authorities are suggested to safeguard these important marine mammal fauna along the East coast of India.
- New Records of Two Epitoniids Cycloscala crenulata (Pease, 1896), Filiscala raricosta (Lamark, 1804) (Gastropoda:Epitoniidae) from the West Coast of India
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1 Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, IN
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 116, No 4 (2016), Pagination: 481-483Abstract
Members of the family Epitonidae are small to medium in size, difficult to identify and most complicated among gastropods and occurring from the lower inter tidal zone to abyssal sea beds (Nakayama, 2003). The described shells are bold with minute sculptures, and most species recorded from the west coast of India, are known from empty shells. Their hosts being unknown, the differences between species are often slight, so their identification is often a matter for the specialists. Morphological characters are reckoned for confirmation up to species level and The species which are documented here are all new records from India, being previously not known from literature.Full Text
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- Nakayama, T. 2003. A Review of Northwest Pacific Epitoniids (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae). Monographs of Marine Mollusca No. 6. Backhuys, Leiden, Netherlands, VIII+143 pp.
- Associated Terrestrial Malacofauna of Alpine Forests in Western Himalaya, India
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1 Wildlife Institute of India, Post Box # 18, Chandrabani, Dehradun 248001, Uttarakhand, IN
2 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, West Bengal, IN
1 Wildlife Institute of India, Post Box # 18, Chandrabani, Dehradun 248001, Uttarakhand, IN
2 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, West Bengal, IN
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Journal of Environment and Sociobiology, Vol 14, No Spl (2017), Pagination: 14-14Abstract
The alpine forests play a crucial role in an ecosystem, for the survival of high altitudinal flora and faunal diversity. In India, alpine forests are found in Trans Himalaya biogeographic region of Ladakh Mountain, Tibetan plateau, Upper Sikkim and Upper mountain ranges of Arunachal Pradesh. In western Himalaya, these areas confined to Jammu and Kashmir State of India. The cold climate conditions and fragile mountain ranges of Alpine forests hold 39 species of molluscs belonging to 18 genera, 12 families under order Stylommatophora. The extreme cold climatic condition and low rainfall may help the molluscan diversity to adaptation and speciation. The species, Pupillamus corumasiatica, Glessula huegeli, Khasiella kashmirensis, K. sonamurgensis, Cathaica mataianensis and Anadenus jerdoni are endemic to Alpine forest ecosystem. This present communication gives a detail list of associated malacofauna of Alpine forest ecosystem and threats in western Himalaya.- New Records of Salinator fragilis (Lamarck) (Mollusca:Gastropoda:Amphibolidae) and Pseudonoba columen (Melvill), (Gastropoda:Iravadiidae) from India
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1 Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, IN
1 Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, IN
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 115, No 3 (2015), Pagination: 277-280Abstract
During the course of our regular faunistic surveys along Indian coast we have made collections from Gujarat, Sundarbans in West Bengal and from Kakinada Bay in Andhra Pradesh. After identification of the mollusc collections from these localities we have found that two gastropods species, namely Salinator fragilis (Lamarck), and Pseudonoba columen (Melvill) are new records. The first mentioned is a new record from India and the later is a new record for Gujarat as well as from India. This is a significant finding and we give below a systematic description of the two species.Full Text
- Contribution to the Knowledge of Indian Marine Molluscs with a Note on the National Zoological Collections from other Countries-Family:Chamidae
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1 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, IN
1 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, IN
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 115, No 3 (2015), Pagination: 291-304Abstract
Bivalves is the second most diverse group of molluscs behind gastropods and one of the most important members of most marine and freshwater ecosystems. The first occurrences of Bivalvia are found in lower Cambrian deposits. Bivalves are easily recognised by their two-halved calcareous shells that are hinged dorsally.Full Text
- A Note on the Occurrence of Spotted Seahorse, Hippocampus kuda (Bleeker, 1852), Along the Sindhudurg Coast, Maharashtra
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1 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, IN
1 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, IN
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 115, No 4 (2015), Pagination: 415-417Abstract
Seahorses belonging to the family Syngnathidae under the single genus Hippocampus are found throughout the world in shallow, coastal tropical and temperate waters and are more abundant in the Indo-Pacific region. The taxonomy of seahorse is confusing due to limited morphological variation among species, ability to changing their body colour and growing skin filaments to match their surroundings, poor type description and independent designation of the same name for different species. As per Lourie et al. (1999), the standard morphometric and meristic character analysis may clear the taxonomical ambiguity. Recent taxonomic revisions of seahorses have been dwindling in the number of species described. It has been reported that around 70 valid seahorse species exists worldwide (Kuiter, 2000, 2001), while recent publication recognises around 48 species of seahorses (Vincent et al. 2011). Currently, Froece and Pauly (2015) treated 54 species of seahorses as extant in the world. Nevertheless, there are more than 7 species of seahorses reported from India (BOBLME, 2015) of which Hippocampus kuda is one of the predominant species distributed along the southeast and west coast of India. This species is known to be overexploited in an unsustainable manner.Full Text
- Contribution to the Knowledge of Indian Marine Molluscs with a Note on the National Zoological Collections from Other Countries: Family-Turritellidae
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1 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700 053, IN
1 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700 053, IN
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 113, No 2 (2013), Pagination: 123-136Abstract
In this paper, we have made an attempt to update knowledge on marine molluscs of India of various individual families and to compile the collections present in NZC, both Indian and foreign specimens and presenting an account of the families with as much as details possible on them. This is the sixth in the series of our contributions, and the earlier five were done by Zoological Survey of Indian's malacologist on the families Mitridae (Subba Rao and Dey, 1984) and Donacidae (Subba Rao and Dey, 1986), Muricidae (Subba Rao and Surya Rao, 1993), Tellinidae (Dey, 2006), Terebridae (Venkitesan and Mukhopadhyay, 2011).Full Text
- Three New Records of Bivalvia Nucula consentanea Melvill & Standen 1907, Congetia Chesneyi (Oliver & Chesneyi, 1994) and Periglypta Albocancellata (Huber, 2010) from the West Coast of India
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1 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, IN
1 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, IN
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 113, No 2 (2013), Pagination: 137-139Abstract
Among the various classes, Bivalvia is considered as the most primitive in the phylum Mollusca and is an important element of benthic epifauna. Bivalvia restricted their distribution to aquatic habitats both in the freshwater and marine environment. A total of 646 species of marine bivalves have been reported from India under 171 genera, 11 order and 69 families (Ramakrishna and Dey, 2010). In this paper, we have described three new records of Bivalves for the first time from West Coast of India.Full Text
- Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) Studies of Radula of Three Gangetic River Mollusca from India
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1 Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata - 700 053, IN
2 Department of Zoology, Netaji Suhash Open University, Kolkata, IN
3 Ramakrishna Mission, Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara, Kolkata, IN
1 Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata - 700 053, IN
2 Department of Zoology, Netaji Suhash Open University, Kolkata, IN
3 Ramakrishna Mission, Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara, Kolkata, IN
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 112, No 4 (2012), Pagination: 13-18Abstract
The most important characteristic feature of the buccal cavity in Mollusca (except Bivalves) is the presence of radula, one of the hallmarks of the phylum (Purchon, 1977). It is a chitinous ribbon bearing many transverse rows of firmly fixed teeth. Each row of teeth on the radula normally repeats precisely the number and shape of the teeth in the rows in front of it and behind. The radular teeth are usually in odd numbers because the row consists of a single tooth centrally placed, which is a central or rachidian teeth, with a series of others on either side broadly known as lateral teeth. The shapes of radular teeth are important for determining the effectiveness of the radula as a tool for feeding (Padilla, 1989).Full Text
- First photographic evidence of Asian Golden Cat Catopuma temminckii (Vigors and Horsfield, 1827) from Neora valley National Park, Central Himalayas, India
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1 Zoological Survey of India, M - Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal, IN
1 Zoological Survey of India, M - Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal, IN
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 118, No 2 (2018), Pagination: 128-132Abstract
The Asiatic golden cat Catopuma temminckii also known as the Temminck’s cat is a medium-sized wild cat distributed throughout South Asia. Asian Golden Cat is currently listed as Near Threatened in the IUCN Red List, and also listed in the Appendix I by CITES and Scheduled I in the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 as the current population has been found to be declining due to habitat loss and poaching. It is a shy and elusive mammal, and very little information is available on its range, habitat and behaviour. The present study was conducted during the month of February and March 2017 as part of the Biodiversity assessment in the Indian Himalayan landscape through long-term monitoring protocol under the National Mission on Himalayan Studies, funded by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Govt. of India. During the fieldwork in Neora Valley National Park, camera traps were deployed to record presence of mammals and ground birds. An Asian Golden Cat (Catopuma temminckii Vigors and Horsfield, 1827) was photo-captured in a single camera trap deployed in a trail in Thosum Beat of the Neora Valley National Park. The camera trap photograph confirmed the Asiatic Golden cat, presence in the National Park, and therefore, a long-term study in its probable habitats in South Asia may reveal its distribution, population status and ecology which will help towards long-term conservation of this species.Keywords
Camera Trap, Darjeeling, Small Cat, Temperate Upper Hill Forest.Full Text
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- Species inventory of land and freshwater Molluscs from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states of India
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1 Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, IN
1 Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, IN
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 118, No 2 (2018), Pagination: 141-155Abstract
As per the Article 7(a) of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, Identifying components of biological diversity importance for its conservation and sustainable use is the first step for in-situ conservation of the species. On the other hand, there are more than 50% of the faunal diversity, yet to be explored and documented, particular in country like India. From the biogeographic point of view, India holds major biodiversity with atleast four hotspots, beside biodiversity rich areas. The state of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are among them, which is least explored, in spite of the rich vegetation covers and deltoic areas and invertebrate fauna in particular have never received adequate attention from this landscape. Thus, the inventory of land and freshwater molluscs was carried out in some parts of the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana state of Deccan Peninsula India as part of the faunal inventory of Eastern Ghats by ZSI, during August to September 2016, primarily to explore the diversity and distribution of malacofauna in the region. This paper deals with a total of 25 species (13 species of land snails belonging to 2 Order 6 families and 12 of freshwater molluscs belonging to 5 order and 8 families) identified and along with the current threats evaluated and conservation measures suggested.Keywords
Deccan Peninsula, India, Mollusca, Taxonomy, Threats.Full Text
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- First Report of Drupella cornus Röding, 1798 (Gastropoda: Muricidae), a Biological Indicator of Coral Reef Habitat of Lakshadweep Archipelago, India
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1 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal, IN
1 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal, IN
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 118, No 1 (2018), Pagination: 97-99Abstract
The present study infers that the impact of Drupella cornus Röding, 1798, particularly on the coral, Pocillopora verrucosa (Ellis and Solander, 1786) at Minicoy Island, Lakshadweep Archipelago, India. During the benthic reef monitoring in connection with the health of the reef ecosystem under Tourism Capacity Building project, it was identified as one of the biological indicators of the reef habitat. Further, the description and morphometric characters of the species were studied and presented in this paper.Keywords
Biological Indicator, Coral Bleaching, Coral Reef, Drupella cornus, Pocillopora verrucosa.Full Text
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- Invasion of Giant African Alien Land Snail Lissachatina fulica (Férussac, 1821) in Sagar Island of India
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1 Malacology Section, Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, IN
2 Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Post Box # 18, Dehradun - 248007, Uttarakhand, IN
3 Paribesh Unnayan Parishad, Phulbaria, Sagar Island, South 24 Parganas - 743373, West Bengal, IN
1 Malacology Section, Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, IN
2 Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Post Box # 18, Dehradun - 248007, Uttarakhand, IN
3 Paribesh Unnayan Parishad, Phulbaria, Sagar Island, South 24 Parganas - 743373, West Bengal, IN
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 118, No 1 (2018), Pagination: 100-102Abstract
The extremely high reproductive capacity of Lissachatina fulica (Férussac, 1821) caused serious effect on the local biodiversity and acts as a serious pest for agriculture, forestry and hamper the livelihood. The L. fulica from its route invasion from Kolkata has spread upto Himalayan region of India. Although, river Hooghly acts as a barrier for inland species, L. fulica now reported from the Sagar Island, most probably could be through sea transport or by human. Proper management and action plan for eradicate or control the population of L. fulica from Sagar Island is necessary for controlling further blowout of this invasive species.Keywords
Conservation, Gastropoda, India, Invasive Alien Species, Mollusca, Native Biodiversity.Full Text
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- Evidence of presence of Marbled Cat Pardofelis marmorata (Martin, 1837) in Neora Valley National Park, Central Himalaya, India
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1 Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, Block M, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, IN
1 Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, Block M, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, IN
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 119, No 2 (2019), Pagination: 193-196Abstract
The Marbled Cat (Pardofelis marmorata (Martin, 1837)) is an elusive and near threatened species as per the IUCN assessment and listed in the CITES Appendix – I. Present study record the first photographic evidence of Marbled Cat Pardofelis marmorata (Martin, 1837) in the Neora Valley National Park, Central Himalaya, India. Although, it was recorded from many parts of its range, the two camera trapped photographs within the National Park is claimed to be the first ever evidence of its occurrence in the Park. Nevertheless, many other ecological information such of population size, food and feeding behaviour etc. on the species is still unknown. Neora Valley National Park has not been given much of priority in terms of studying the ecology of the small carnivores existing inside the park and therefore need further investigations.Keywords
Carnivore, Himalaya, Marbled Cat, Neora Valley.Full Text
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- Empowering Stakeholders for Monitoring Biodiversity in the Indian Himalayan Region
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1 Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata 700 053, IN
1 Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata 700 053, IN
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Current Science, Vol 117, No 10 (2019), Pagination: 1563-1563Abstract
It is necessary to properly use public funds towards development of the nation as well as reduce stress to local biodiversity and mitigate climate change issues. In this context, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India (GoI) has formulated the National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS) for sustenance and enhancement of the ecological, natural, cultural and socio-economic capital assets and values of the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR)1 through involvement of different government agencies, private institutions and local non-governmental organizations to empower local stakeholders for monitoring biodiversity and in situ conservation of the Himalayan resources.Full Text
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- First Photographic Evidence of Panthera tigris from Neora Valley National Park, Central Himalayas, India
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1 Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M - Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, IN
1 Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M - Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, IN
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 120, No 1 (2020), Pagination: 89-91Abstract
Present article reports first photographic evidence of Panthera tigris from Neora Valley National Park. Previous sightings have been occasionally reported from the National Park and its surroundings, whereas the present study is the first scientific study confirming the presence of this species through photographic evidence. Tiger was camera trapped on a trail in the upper forest region of the National Park at an altitude of 2605m.Keywords
Camera Trap, Carnivore, Central Himalaya, First Record.Full Text
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1 Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, IN
1 Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, IN
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 117, No 2 (2017), Pagination: 182-185Abstract
We have made collections from Pirotan Island, Gujarat and found two gastropod species namely Perrinia stellata (Adams), and Iravadia quadrasi (Boettger) as new records from India.Keywords
Gastropoda, Gujarat, India, Mollusca, Pirotan Island.Full Text
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1 Malacology Division, Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata − 700053, West Bengal, IN
2 Herpetology Division, Zoological Survey of India, 27 JL Nehru Road, Kolkata − 700016, West Bengal, IN
1 Malacology Division, Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata − 700053, West Bengal, IN
2 Herpetology Division, Zoological Survey of India, 27 JL Nehru Road, Kolkata − 700016, West Bengal, IN
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 121, No 3 (2021), Pagination: 347–354Abstract
Spiraculum beddomei Blanford, 1866, a rare operculate land snail, was described in 1866 from Kimety (=Kimery) Hills, near Waltair (Vizagapatam), Madras Presidency in India has been reported nearly after 150 years from the adjoin Eastern Ghats landscape of Mahendragiri Hills in Gajapati district of Odisha in India. Here, we present new locality and detailed taxonomic characters of the species based on the direction of the sutural tube and flat spire along with a photomicrograph of the radula structure for the first time. A note on its zoogeography, habitat and natural history accounts are briefly discussed.Keywords
Gastropoda, India, Natural History, Threat, ZoogeographyFull Text
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