Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology

C. K. Mandal ¹, S. Dhani ¹, Poulami Paul ²

Affiliations
1 Zoological Survey of India, 27, J. L. Nehru Road, FPS Building, Kolkata-7000016, IN
2 Zoological Survey of India, “M” Block New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, IN

Abstract

Bibhuti Bhusan National Park (Latitude 22°11'16" North to 23°15'12" North and Longitude 88°20' East) is situated in the district of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal. Previously it was named as Parmadan Park. Principally it is a deer park. But most of other faunas are found in this park. There is a canal just outside border of the park. Medicinal plants and different types of trees of this park attract the people. So, fascinating beauties of the flora and fauna of the area lure the travelling loving people of India. These aquatic and terrestrial faunas are not only for the common people but also for the scientists. Aquatic and terrestrial Leech fauna of this National Park attract the Taxonomists very much.

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Basudev Tripathy ¹, Abhijna Ghosh ¹, Poulami Paul ¹, Amit Kumar Mukhopadhyay ¹

Affiliations
1 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, IN

Abstract

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.

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