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Marine molluscan diversity in India – exploitation, conservation

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Title Marine molluscan diversity in India – exploitation,
conservation
 
Creator Mohamed, K S
Venkatesan, V
 
Subject Molluscan Fisheries
 
Description The molluscs (soft bodied animals) belong to the large and diverse phylum Mollusca, which
includes a variety of familiar animals well-known as decorative shells or as seafood. These
range from tiny snails, clams, and abalone to larger organisms such as squid, cuttlefish and
the octopus. These molluscs occupy a variety of habitats ranging from mountain forests,
freshwater to more than 10 km depth in the sea. They range in size from less than 1 mm
to more than 15 m (for example the giant squid) and their population density may exceed
40,000/m2 in some areas. In the tropical marine environment, molluscs occupy every trophic
level, from primary producers to top carnivores. India has extensive molluscan resources
along her coasts. In the numerous bays, brackish waters and estuaries and in the seas around
the subcontinent; molluscs belonging to different taxonomic groups, such as, mussels,
oysters, clams, pearl-oysters, window-pane oysters, ark-shells, whelks, chanks, cowries,
squids and cuttlefish have been exploited since time immemorial for food, pearls and shells.
 
Publisher CMFRI; Kochi
 
Date 2017
 
Type Book Section
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/12168/1/6-Marine%20molluscan%20diversity%20in%20India.pdf
Mohamed, K S and Venkatesan, V (2017) Marine molluscan diversity in India – exploitation, conservation. In: Course Manual Summer School on Advanced Methods for Fish Stock Assessment and Fisheries Management. Lecture Note Series No. 2/2017 . CMFRI; Kochi, Kochi, pp. 56-81.