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Occurence of hammer oyster, Malleus albus near Nachikuppam, Chennai
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http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/8896/
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Occurence of hammer oyster, Malleus albus near Nachikuppam, Chennai |
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| Creator |
Sethi, S N
Poovannan, P |
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Edible oyster
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| Description |
The hammer oyster, Malleus albus is placed under Class Bivalvia, Subclass Pteriomorphia, Order Pterioida, Superfamily Pteriacea, Family Malleidae. The oyster is locally called suti ali. These oysters (Fig. 1 a and b) were caught by fishermen from Nachikuppam, 1-2 km off Chennai using Nakkuvalai, a bottom set gillnet, at a depth of 5-7 fathoms. The maximum and minimum shell length was 156 mm and 77 mm and the average length and weight were 117 mm and 29 g respectively. |
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Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
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2011
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Article
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application/pdf
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en
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http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/8896/1/208-15.pdf
Sethi, S N and Poovannan, P (2011) Occurence of hammer oyster, Malleus albus near Nachikuppam, Chennai. Marine Fisheries Information Service (208). p. 25. |
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