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First Record of Veneridae Clam Protapes ziczac (Linnaeus, 1758) from East Coast of India, Andhra Pradesh


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1 Centre of Excellence in Environment and Public Health, Environmental Science Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha – 753 003, India
2 Molluscan Section, Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700 053, India
3 Marine Biology Laboratory, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, AP – 530 003, India

A venerid bivalve Protapes ziczac (Linnaeus, 1758) from benthic collections is reported for the first time from the coastal waters of Andhra Pradesh, east coast of India. The findings of this study indicate the extended distributional range of the species, until now documented from the west coast of India.
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S. S. Rout
Centre of Excellence in Environment and Public Health, Environmental Science Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha – 753 003, India
B. Dash
Centre of Excellence in Environment and Public Health, Environmental Science Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha – 753 003, India
N. V. Subba Rao
Molluscan Section, Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700 053, India
K. V. Surya Rao
Molluscan Section, Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700 053, India
A. V. Raman
Marine Biology Laboratory, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, AP – 530 003, India
D. Raut
Centre of Excellence in Environment and Public Health, Environmental Science Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha – 753 003, India

Abstract


A venerid bivalve Protapes ziczac (Linnaeus, 1758) from benthic collections is reported for the first time from the coastal waters of Andhra Pradesh, east coast of India. The findings of this study indicate the extended distributional range of the species, until now documented from the west coast of India.