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On Lithophaga (diberus) bisulcata a mytilid borer Causing damage to the commercially important Gastropod shells

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Title On Lithophaga (diberus) bisulcata a mytilid borer
Causing damage to the commercially important
Gastropod shells
 
Creator Appukuttan, K K
 
Subject Gastropods
 
Description Lithophaga (Dibeius) bisulcata d' Orbigny was found to bore into the
gastropod shells, Xancus pynim (Linne) and Fasciolaria trapezium (Linne),
causing good amount of destruction to the shells. The taxonomy, shell structure
and the details of the burrowing habit of this species are discussed in detail.
The present report of this species from the southeast coast of India is the first
record of this species from Indian Ocean and it is for the first time reported to
bore into Xancus and Fasciolaria. Since this borer causes damage to commercially
important gastropod shells, much attention is paid to understand the details of
boring mechanism. It is assumed that they make burrow initially by chemical
means and later by mechanical rotating movement of the shell within the burrow.
 
Publisher CMFRI/ICAR
 
Date 1976
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/968/1/Article_22.pdf
Appukuttan, K K (1976) On Lithophaga (diberus) bisulcata a mytilid borer Causing damage to the commercially important Gastropod shells. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 23 (1&2). pp. 194-200.