SPECIES DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF MOLLUSCAN FAUNA FROM ESTUARY AND MANGROVES (CORINGA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY) OF EAST GODAVARI ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA.

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  • Department of Zoology & Aquaculture, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar – 522510, Andhra Pradesh., India.
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Study on the diversity of molluscan fauna was carried out in different locations in the mangrove areas and estuary region of the East Godavari estuary ecosystem. This study determined the abundance and diversity of molluscs in the East Godavari estuarine ecosystem. A total of 14 Gastropods and 8 bivalves were reported from the mangrove areas and estuary region were documented. Onchidium Sp. which is considered to be the shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc was also recorded from this mangrove area.

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[Jarugulla Eswar Satyanarayana and P.V.Krishna. (2017); SPECIES DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF MOLLUSCAN FAUNA FROM ESTUARY AND MANGROVES (CORINGA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY) OF EAST GODAVARI ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jan). 2930-2937] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Jarugulla Eswar Satyanarayana
Department of Environmental Sciences, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar –522510, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India.

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3094      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3094

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