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On the habitat, habits and food of Lambis lambis and Hemifusus cochlidium

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Title On the habitat, habits and food of Lambis lambis and Hemifusus cochlidium
 
Creator Siraimeetan, Pon
Ameer Hamsa, K M S
Rao, K Satyanarayana
 
Subject Molluscan Fisheries
Fish behaviour
 
Description Lambis lambis and Hemifusus cochlidium are two important marina gastropods of commercial value
in India, which occur at several places along the southeast coast and are exploited for their shell. The
habitat, habits and food of these gastropods occurring in Gulf of Mannar off Kayalpatnam, 30 km south of
Tuticorin have been studied. The two species occur at depths of 2-12 fathoms in sandy muddy habitat with
rocky outgrowths and are netted in bottom set gill nets (singi valai) laid for lobster*. Direct observations
have been made on their habits by SCUBA diving. The gastropods burrow in the sandy muddy bottom and
sometimes climb over rock(s and coral stones found in the area. The food of the two gastropods is similar
and consists of ploychaetes, small crustaceans and bivalve molluscs. The nature of sediments, the fauna
and flora occurring along with the gastropods in their habitat and the behaviour of the two species in
laboratory has been studied.
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 1988
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2552/1/Article_32.pdf
Siraimeetan, Pon and Ameer Hamsa, K M S and Rao, K Satyanarayana (1988) On the habitat, habits and food of Lambis lambis and Hemifusus cochlidium. CMFRI Bulletin, 42 (1). pp. 111-116.