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Occurrence of Tranquebar scallop Volachlamys tranquebaria in Vellar estuary, south-east coast of India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2013

M. Suresh ,
S. Arularasan  and
M. Nithyanandan
M. Suresh*
Affiliation:
Centre of Advanced Study (CAS) in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar-608 002, Tamil Nadu, India
S. Arularasan
Affiliation:
Centre of Advanced Study (CAS) in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar-608 002, Tamil Nadu, India
M. Nithyanandan
Affiliation:
Centre of Advanced Study (CAS) in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar-608 002, Tamil Nadu, India
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: M. Suresh, Centre of Advanced Study (CAS) in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar-608 002, Tamil Nadu, India email: srshcas@gmail.com
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Abstract

The first occurrence of the Tranquebar scallop Volachlamys tranquebaria in the Vellar estuary, south-east coast of India is reported with photographs.

Keywords

occurrenceTranquebar scallopVellar estuary
Type
Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 6 , 2013 , e38
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013

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