Sunil Narayan Khade
Phulsing Naik College, India
Title: SCUBA diving and diversity of edible bivalve and gastropod molluscs from Raigad, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, West Coast of India
Biography
Biography: Sunil Narayan Khade
Abstract
Diversity of bivalve and Gastropod molluscs was studied twice in each season monsoon, post monsoon, winter and summer July 2012 to June 2013. At each locality diversity and number of species were collected from Kundalika river (creek), Bhatye estuary, Shirgaon creek, Mirya, Bhawati-bander and local markets. The total numbers of molluscs was comprised of species namely Perna viridis, Marcia opima, Paphia malabarica, Meretrix meretrix, Gafrarium divaricatum, Tellina sinuata, Crassostrea catuckensis, Saccostrea cucullata, Sangvinolaria acuminata, Arca granosa, Polymesoda maxima, Dosina prostate,. Total number of 32 bivalve species while 89 species of gastropoda identified during study period. For the open sea used SCUBA Diving by DM. From these study localities is a wide chance of research to further explore both on the possibility of commercial value and ecosystem conservation.