Appukuttan, K K (2008) Molluscan biodiversity and resource conservation. In: Glimpses of Aquatic Biodiversity- Rajiv Gandhi Chair Special Publication. Natarajan, P and Jayachandran, K V and Kannaiyan, S and Ambat, Babu and Augustine, Arun,(eds.) CUSAT, Kochi, pp. 103-110.
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Abstract
The phylum Mollusca is currently the second most diverse animal group with origin date back before Cambrain. These animals are soft bodied heterogeneous group with great antiquity and are extremely diversified in shape and colour. This animal group include coat-of-mail shell (Ampheneura), snails (Gastropods), clams, oysters and mussels (Bivalvia), octopuses, squids and cuttlefishes (Cephalapods), less obvious animals such as slugs and sea slugs (which have an internal shell), and elephant tusk shells (scaphopod).
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Mollusc; biodiversity; resource conservation |
| Subjects: | Marine Fisheries > Conservation Molluscan Fisheries Marine Biodiversity |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Cochin > Marine Capture > Molluscan Fisheries |
| ID Code: | 4675 |
| Deposited By: | INVALID USER |
| Deposited On: | 30 Oct 2010 11:41 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2010 11:41 |
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