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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2016 , Volume 4, Issue 5
Page No. : 108-113
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2381

Molluscan Diversity in River Sip- A Tributary of River Narmada in Central India

Rumeet Kour Raina¹, Vipin Vyas^2,*, Abha Swarup³ and Parul Gurjar⁴

¹Department of Zoology and Applied Aquaculture, Barkatullah University, Bhopal (M.P.) 462026, India
²Department of Bioscience, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, 462026, India
³MP council of Science and Technology, Bhopal, 462003, India
⁴Department of Environmental Sciences and Limnology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, 462026, India
^*Corresponding Author E-mail: vyasvipin992@gmail.com
Received: 27.09.2016 | Revised: 10.10.2016 | Accepted: 12.10.2016

ABSTRACT

The survey was conducted to assess the freshwater molluscan diversity of the river Sip. The Sip River is a tributary of River Narmada, and joins in the Narmada at right bank just upstream of the Indira Sagar reservoir. This riverine system is poorly studied till date and, mainly lack of information about the molluscan fauna in this particular water body. During present investigation, a total of 17 species of molluscs were recorded from Sip River. Among collected molluscs, 17 species were identified from nine families i.e. Viviparidae, Thiaridae, Pilidae, Lymnaeidae, Planorbidae, Amblemidae, Unionidae, Corbiculidae, Pisdiidae included in class Gastropoda and Bivalve. The molluscan community could be used as good bio-indicator for ecologically diverse freshwater habitat.
Keywords: Sip River, Molluscs, Gastropoda, Bivalve, Bio-indicators.

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Cite this article:

Raina, R.K., Vyas, V., Swarup, A. and Gurjar, P., Molluscan Diversity in River Sip- A Tributary of River Narmada in Central India, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci. 4(5): 108-113 (2016). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2381

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