Open AccessMolluscan Fauna of Surha Tal, District - Ballia (U. P.), India
Author(s) -
Ramavtar Sharma,
Nirupama Agrawal
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of applied and natural science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2231-5209
pISSN - 0974-9411
DOI - 10.31018/jans.v3i2.201
Subject(s) - fauna , bivalvia , planorbidae , unionidae , gastropoda , ecology , biology , mollusca , zoology , geography , pulmonata
Diversity of molluscan fauna of Surha Tal, district Ballia (U.P.) was studied during 2006-08.Twenty species of molluscs were collected. Of these, fourteen species of six genera belong to class Gastropoda, families Viviparidae, Pilidae, Thiaridae, Lymnaeidae and Planorbidae; six species belonging to three genera are of families of the class Bivalvia; Unionidae, Amblemidae and Corbiculidae.