Additional Record of Oxyperas lentiginosum (Gould 1852) (Bivalvia, Mactridae) from East Coast of India and Notes on its Morpho-taxonomy

• Prasad Chandra Tudu ^[2] ; Sheikh Sajan ^[3] ; Laxman Kumar Murmu ^[1] ; Srinivasan Balakrishnan ^[2] ; Anil Mohapatra ^[4]
  1. [1] Berhampur University

     Berhampur University

     India

     
  2. [2] Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India
  3. [3] Malacology Division, Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, New Alipore, India
  4. [4] Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, India

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• Localización: Thalassas: An international journal of marine sciences, ISSN 0212-5919, Vol. 38, Nº. 2 (October 2022), 2022, págs. 1269-1273
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Oxyperas lentiginosum (Gould In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston 12:1–510 1852), a rare mactrid clam, is reported from the Kakinada fishing harbour, Andhra Pradesh, East coast of India. A single right valve specimen was collected from the fish landing centre, bycatch of bottom trawl operated off the Kakinada coast. This species has previously been recorded from Pirotan Island, Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat, and Gulf of Mannar, Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu. A brief morphological description with an outline of the hinge nomenclature of this species is presented in this article, based on a single right valve. This is additional report of this species from Indian region.