New distributional record of marine bivalve, Hiatula diphos (Linnaeus, 1771) (Bivalvia: Cardiida: Psammobiidae) from the Andaman Islands, India

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  • Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053
  • Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053

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https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v122/i2/2022/166910

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Andaman Islands, Hiatula, Mollusca, New Record, Sea Shell

Abstract

The present study reports a new distributional record of the marine bivalvia Hiatual diphos (Linnaeus, 1771) from the Andaman Islands. The material examination, species diagnosis and distributions, illustrations of species are provided in this paper.

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S. Rajendra, Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053

Post Doctoral Fellow

Zoological Survey of India

C. Raghunathan, Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053

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Prani Vigyan Bhawan

Zoological Survey of India

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2022-06-28

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Rajendra, S., & Raghunathan, C. (2022). New distributional record of marine bivalve, <i>Hiatula diphos</i> (Linnaeus, 1771) (Bivalvia: Cardiida: Psammobiidae) from the Andaman Islands, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 122(2), 203–206. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v122/i2/2022/166910

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