Document of bibliographic reference 288154

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Bibliographic resource

Type of document

Journal article

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Title

Record of the rare triseriate auger Triplostephanus triseriatus (Gray, 1834) with notes on its distribution along the Indian coast

Abstract

The rare triseriate auger shell Triplostephanus triseriatus (Gray, 1834) is reported from Chennai and is only the fourth report to Indian waters. Shell is extremely elongated, very narrow and sculptured. Spiral ridge is round beaded/ noded in the upper part with whorls of two rows of large beads/nodes and a single row small rounded bead/node at the lower part. Columella yellowish orange in colour. The shell description, characteristics, and information on its earlier records are dealt in detail.

Bibliographic citation

Basker, B.; Bommusamy, J.; Rupavath, R.K.; Kumar, D.S.V. (2017). Record of the rare triseriate auger Triplostephanus triseriatus (Gray, 1834) with notes on its distribution along the Indian coast. International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies 5(3, part H): 609-610

Topic

Marine

Is peer reviewed

true

Access rights

open access

Is accessible for free

true