Open AccessAdditions to the sea snail fauna (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) of Lakshadweep Islands, India
Author(s) -
B. K. Sneha Chandran,
Raveendhiran Ravinesh,
Appukuttannair Biju Kumar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of threatened taxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.264
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 0974-7907
pISSN - 0974-7893
DOI - 10.11609/jott.2342.9.12.11045-11053
Subject(s) - opisthobranchia , gastropoda , mollusca , fauna , indian ocean , biology , snail , fishery , zoology , ecology , oceanography , geology
Among the 373 species of opisthobranchs reported from India, 92 are from Lakshadweep. This paper documents 11 species of opisthobranch fauna from Lakshadweep Islands, classified under the families Haminoeidae, Colpodaspididae, Volvatellidae, Dendrodorididae, Chromodorididae, Goniodorididae, Embletoniidae, and Tergipedidae, of which five are new records to India. Goniobranchus rufomaculatus and Volvatella ventricosa are reported for the first time from the western Indian Ocean.