Two new occurrence records of bivalve species with the first report of the Genus Lutraria Lamarck, 1799, along the Odisha coast from Bahuda estuary

Authors

  • S Acharya Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Odisha – 761 002, India/ Department of Marine Sciences, Berhampur University, Bhanja Bihar, Berhampur, Odisha – 760 007, India
  • P C Tudu Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha, West Bengal – 721 428, India
  • S Patro Department of Marine Sciences, Berhampur University, Bhanja Bihar, Berhampur, Odisha – 760 007, India
  • Anil Mohapatra Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Odisha – 761 002, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56042/ijms.v52i12.5574

Keywords:

Lutraria impar, Mactridae, Meretrix lusoria, Mollusks, Veneridae

Abstract

This paper reports new occurrence records of two bivalve species, Lutraria impar Reeve, 1854, and Meretrix lusoria (Röding, 1798) from the Odisha coast on the basis of the collection from Bahuda estuary, Ganjam, Odisha. The genus Lutraria Lamarck, 1799, was not yet reported from the State, and the report of Lutraria impar is the first report of the genus from the Odisha coast. These specimens were collected from the sandy seabed near the mouth of the Bahuda estuary in Odisha.

Downloads

Published

2024-08-21

Issue

Vol. 52 No. 12 (2023): IJMS [December 2023]

Section

Short Communications

License

Copyright (c) 2023 Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences (IJMS)

How to Cite

Two new occurrence records of bivalve species with the first report of the Genus Lutraria Lamarck, 1799, along the Odisha coast from Bahuda estuary. (2024). Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences (IJMS), 52(12), 605-607. https://doi.org/10.56042/ijms.v52i12.5574