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Seasonal variations of molluscs of Mirya sandy shore, Ratnagiri

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Title Seasonal variations of molluscs of Mirya sandy shore, Ratnagiri
 
Creator Lokhande, Snehal. S.
Adsul, A. D.
Indulkar, S. T.
Ninawe, A. S.
 
Subject Sandy beach
Seasonal
Intertidal
Transect
Quadrate
Molluscan
 
Description 1790-1795
A total of 24 molluscan macro-faunal species comprising 21 bivalves and three gastropods, were recorded from the sandy shore Mirya, Ratnagiri. Among the bivalves the genus Donax and Sunetta were most abundantly recorded while the other species such as S. menstrualis, S. meroe, S. truncate, S. effosa and eight unidentified species of genus Sunetta showed patchy distribution. Other genus of bivalves such as Cardium falvum, Mactra corallina, Dosinia prostrata were also recorded which has not shown consistent occurrence throughout the study period. Gastropod Olivia olivia was the most abundant during all the months except in February while the species O. caricularia was recorded only in the month of February. Gastropod, Tibia curta was recorded only once in the month of December. Seasonal variations in molluscs were maximum during the post-monsoon and minimum during the monsoon season.
 
Date 2016-07-21T11:05:29Z
2016-07-21T11:05:29Z
2015-11
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/jspui/handle/123456789/35011
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.44(11) [November 2015]