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Rare Moon Shell Sinum laevigatum (Gastropoda: Naticidae): A New Record from Coastal Waters of Peninsular India

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In India, report of the naticid gastropod Sinum laevigatum has been rare, with little description of the species. However, a benthic investigation (November 2022) undertaken in the Dhamra estuary and the adjacent waters, Odisha, on the east coast of peninsular India, revealed the occurrence of the species for the first time. Here we present the morphometrics, description, and baseline ecological data of the specimens of S. laevigatum hitherto unknown from mainland India. Furthermore, its current prevalence along the mainland’s coastal waters indicates a range extension northwestward from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal, where the naticid was previously documented (2003). It is contended that the information provided could address knowledge gaps for the species.

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Abbreviations

Sl. No.:

Serial number

Fig.:

Figure

cm:

centimeter

Reg. No.:

Registration number

RZEV DMG-1:

Ravenshaw Zoology Environmental Dhamra Mollusca Gastropod 1

EBRC/ZSI M:

Estuarine Biology Regional Centre/Zoological Survey of India

m:

meter

µg/lit:

microgram per liter

mm:

millimeter

TSL:

Total shell length

WB:

Width of the body

HB:

Height of the body

SL:

Spire length

CL:

Columella length

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Acknowledgements

The financial grant from the Science and Technology Department, Research and Development in Basic and Applied Science, Government of Odisha, India (Sanction order No. 2685/ST, Bhubaneshwar, dated 16.07.20, ST-SCST-MISC-0015-2019) is sincerely acknowledged. Thanks to the Odisha Higher Education Programme for Excellence and Equity for Institutional support. Grateful to the Department of Zoology, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha, for the laboratory facilities. Deeply appreciative of the anonymous reviewers for their valuable suggestions and comments.

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Financial grant from the Science and Technology Department, Research and Development in Basic and Applied Science, Government of Odisha, India (Sanction order No. 2685/ST, Bhubaneshwar, dated 16.07.20, ST-SCST-MISC-0015-2019).

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  1. Centre of Excellence in Environment and Public Health, Environmental Science Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, 753003, Odisha, India

    Aparna Mishra, Sanjaya Dalai, Rajaram Behera & Dipti Raut

  2. Formerly in Molluscan Section, Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata, 700053, India

    N. V. Subba Rao

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The work was conceptualized by N. V. Subba Rao and Dipti Raut. Rajaram Behera, and Aparna Mishra participated in the field study. Laboratory analysis of the water and sediment samples was done by Rajaram Behera, Aparna Mishra, and Sanjaya Dalai. N.V. Subba Rao, Aparna Mishra, and Sanjaya Dalai worked on the taxonomy of the specimens. The study area map was prepared by Rajaram Behera. Aparna Mishra and Sanjaya Dalai photographed the specimens. The manuscript was reviewed and edited by N.V. Subba Rao and Dipti Raut. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Research project funding was acquired by Dipti Raut.

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Mishra, A., Dalai, S., Behera, R. et al. Rare Moon Shell Sinum laevigatum (Gastropoda: Naticidae): A New Record from Coastal Waters of Peninsular India. Thalassas 40, 653–657 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-023-00652-4

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