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An ancient window pane oyster bed in Goa with Comparative notes on the oyster in an extant bed

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Title An ancient window pane oyster bed in Goa with
Comparative notes on the oyster in an extant bed
 
Creator Thomas, P A
Thanapati, V
 
Subject Edible oyster
 
Description A bsd consisting of a liTge quantity of semifossdlised shells of window pane
oyster Placenta placenta (Linn.) was discove,red accidently in a paddy field by the
side of the river Mandovi '.n Goa. Subsequent investigations lead to the conclusion
that there was a flourishing population of window pane oyster in this rrea prior
to the 16th century, and that this rich population perished subsequently as a result
of indiscriminate intervention by way of reclamation. This population is compared
with that which exiists ft present in the Zuari estuary of Goa. Attempts are also
m de to compare the incidence and distribution of .boring sponges among the
window pane oyster, both ancient and extant.
 
Publisher CMFRI/ICAR
 
Date 1980
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/622/1/Article_08.pdf
Thomas, P A and Thanapati, V (1980) An ancient window pane oyster bed in Goa with Comparative notes on the oyster in an extant bed. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 27 (1&2). pp. 54-60.