Mollusc diversity at pulicat Lagoon (India)

Ramanibai, Ravichandran; Govindan, Sivalingam

doi:10.1515/trser-2018-0003

Abstract

During our routine ecological survey conducted at Pulicat Lagoon, the most diverse class Gastropods comprised of 26 families with 34 species and Bivalvia with 13 families and 17 species were recorded. The most abundant molluscs species was Crassostrea madrasensis, captured between October 2013 − September 2015. Quite a good number of molluscs were washed ashore. The economic value of the shells in the field of cosmetics was raised high recently. Both in terms of aquaculture and market value the attention should be diverted towards their conservation. With few exceptions, the majority of these molluscs were ornamental.

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Mollusc diversity at pulicat Lagoon (India)

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