Abstract
06Feb 2018 A REPORT ON FRESH WATER BIVALVES AND THEIR SHELL STRUCTURE FROM LUCKNOW (U.P.) INDIA. Sanjive Shukla , Sanjay Shukla , Richa Shukla , Sandeep Shukla , Jaya Sharma and U.D. Sharma. Post-Graduate Department of Zoology, B.S.N.V. P.G. College, Lucknow (U.P.) India-226001. Department of Geology, B.S.N.V. P.G. College, Lucknow. Department of Zoology, N.K.V. P.G. College, Lucknow. Department of Zoology, Rajat Degree College, Lucknow. Retd. Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow.
Highlights
Fresh water mussel belongs to order Unionida, Class-Bivalvia of Phylum-Mollusca, a second abundant group of animal kingdom
Fresh water mussels are found buried in the bottom bed and feed on algae, planktons and bacteria
Mussel tissues as well as shell accumulates most of the xenobiotics are widely used in environmental monitoring (Dailians, 2010)
Summary
Fresh water mussel belongs to order Unionida, Class-Bivalvia of Phylum-Mollusca, a second abundant group of animal kingdom. Two fresh water bivalves viz. Lamellidens marginalis and Parreysia Considering above facts the present work has been taken to investigate Bionomics and shell structure of two fresh water mussels, L. marginalis and P. favidens from Lucknow (U.P.) India, which may have their potential role in fresh water pearl Industry as well as ecological and bio-indicator performance in environmental monitoring.
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