First report of overlooked marine gastropods from India concerning their geographical distribution
In: Thalassas. Universidad de Vigo: Vigo. ISSN 0212-5919; e-ISSN 2366-1674, more
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Hipponicidae Troschel, 1861 [WoRMS]; Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]; Ovulidae J. Fleming, 1822 [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
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Andaman Sea; New records; Hipponicid; Muricid; Ovulid; Western Indo-Pacific |
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- Choudhury, S.
- Vizhi, R.K.
- Sivaperuman, C.
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| Abstract |
Recent marine benthic surveys off the eastern Andaman coast have revealed six unusual marine gastropods namely, Homalocantha anatomica (Perry in Conchology or the natural history of shells; containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, W. Miller, London, 1811), Aspella aclydis Houart (NOVAPEX 18(4):81–103, 2017), Aspella mauritiana Radwin and D'Attilio (Murex shells of the World: An illustrated guide to the Muricidae 11:284p, 1976), Cheilea imbricata (Fischer Von Waldheim in Moscow: Imprimerie de Université Impériale de Moscou 3:300pp, 1807), Cheilea bulla (Reeve in Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals 11:1–8, 1858), and Amonovula pirie (Petuch in The Veliger 16(1):103–104, 1973), as new records to Indian water. Of the recorded gastropods, Aspella aclydis, Amonovula piriei, and Cheilea bulla which are widely distributed in the eastern and central Indo-Pacific bioregions, establish as the first record from the western Indo-Pacific marine province. While Aspella mauritiana, Homalocantha anatomica and Cheilea imbricata inhabiting the western Indian Ocean and the central Indo-Pacific ecoregions, fill a large gap in their geographical distribution in the Andaman Sea. |
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