Distributional Range Extension of Murex indicus Houart 2011 (Gastropoda: Muricidae) to the Eastern Coast of India, Bay of Bengal

The present paper deals with the distributional range extension of Murex indicus Houart in Breviora 521:1–14  2011 , to the eastern coast of India, Bay of Bengal. It has been previously reported from the Arabian Sea, off Gujarat coast and Maharashtra (type localities). The present specimens were col...

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Published inThalassas : revista de ciencias del mar Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 1 - 5
Main Authors Tudu, Prasad Chandra, Pradhan, Jyoshna, Ghosh, Sukanta, Balakrishnan, Srinivasan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 01.03.2024
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Coastal Sciences
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management
Freshwater & Marine Ecology
Marine & Freshwater Sciences
Marine molluscs
Morphology
Oceanography
Range extension
Shells
Type localities
Zoology
New record
Bycatch
Zoogeography
Arabian Sea
Kalingapatnam
Bay of Bengal
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Summary:The present paper deals with the distributional range extension of Murex indicus Houart in Breviora 521:1–14  2011 , to the eastern coast of India, Bay of Bengal. It has been previously reported from the Arabian Sea, off Gujarat coast and Maharashtra (type localities). The present specimens were collected from Kalingapatnam of Andhra Pradesh. The identification was confirmed after critical verification of protoconch, teleoconch, shell characters and spiral cords. This paper also contains a checklist and distribution of the genus Murex within Indian water.
ISSN:0212-5919
2366-1674
DOI:10.1007/s41208-023-00606-w