Descriptive Account of Some Molluscan Egg Masses in Chandipur Sea Shore, Odisha

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Authors

  • Mousumi Roy
     Kishore Bharati Bhagini Nivedita College, Department of Zoology, 148, Ramkrishna Sarani, Vivekananda Pally, Behala, Kolkata-700 060, West Bengal ,IN
  • Anirudhha Dey
     Kishore Bharati Bhagini Nivedita College, Department of Zoology, 148, Ramkrishna Sarani, Vivekananda Pally, Behala, Kolkata-700 060, West Bengal ,IN

Keywords:

Chandipur, Diversity, Egg Mass, Mollusca, Sand Flat, Spawning.

Abstract

Egg masses of six molluscan species (5 gastropods, viz., Natica sp., Thais sp., Neritina sp., Nassarius sp. and Pugilina sp. and one cephalopod Sepia sp.) abundantly encountered on the mid littoral stretch of Chandipur beach at low tide were studied.

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2020-06-01

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Volume 17, Issue 1, June 2020

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