Limited distribution of Devil snail <em>Faunus ater</em> (Linnaeus, 1758) in tropical mangrove habitats of India
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Limited distribution of Devil snail <em>Faunus ater</em> (Linnaeus, 1758) in tropical mangrove habitats of India
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Das, Rocktim Ramen
Jeevamani, Jeyapaul Joyson Joe Sankar, Rethinavelu Kumar, Deepak Samuel Vijay Krishnan, Pandian Ramachandran, Purvaja Ramachandran, Ramesh |
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Devil snail
<i>Faunus ater</i> Mangroves Maharashtra |
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2002-2007
Our study reports the occurrence of devil snail, <em>Faunus ater</em> from a mangrove habitat of Sindhudurg District, Maharashtra, India. The density of the aggregation of devil snail in the study area ranged from 100 to 640/m<sup>2</sup>. Out of the 46 mangrove patches surveyed, this species was observed only in Aadbandar. Significantly, this study provides baseline information regarding the abundance and distribution of devil snail from the Indian subcontinent. |
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2018-10-10T10:11:24Z
2018-10-10T10:11:24Z 2018-10 |
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Article
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0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/45162 |
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en_US
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<img src='http://nopr.niscair.res.in/image/cc-license-sml.png'> <a href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/in' target='_blank'>CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India</a>
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NISCAIR-CSIR, India
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IJMS Vol.47(10) [October 2018]
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