Molluscan shell deposits along Pinnakkayal—Valinokkom coast and their exploitation

Abstract

Marine molluscan shell deposits are distributed at different places between Pinnal(ayal and Valmoltkom on the southwest coast of India and support a good shell lima Indutsry. The different areas where the lime shell deposits occur have been surveyed and the nature and extent of the deposits, the species composition, the methods of exploitation, magnitude of production, utilization and annual turnover are dealt with.