A note on Molluscan diversity and density of some fish ponds of Lalapatti Village Development Committee (VDC), Saptari district, Nepal

Authors

  • Bharat Raj Subba Department of Zoology, Post Graduate Campus, Tribhuvan University, Biratnagar
  • Prakash Kumar Department of Zoology, Post Graduate Campus, Tribhuvan University, Biratnagar
  • Shaligram Adhikaree Department of Zoology, Post Graduate Campus, Tribhuvan University, Biratnagar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/njbs.v1i0.7463

Keywords:

Mollucan diversity, density, fish ponds, Saptari district

Abstract

Molluscan diversity of six fish ponds and a river of Lalapatti VDC, Saptari district was studied. In total, ten species of freshwater molluscs belonging to seven families and eight genera were recorded. Among them nine species were found in ponds and five species were recorded in the river samples. Maximum average density was recorded of Bellamya bengalensis (30.38/m2) and minimum for Corbicula alata (0.084/m2)

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/njbs.v1i0.7463

Nepalese Journal of Biosciences 1: 8-10 (2011)

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2013-01-23

How to Cite

Subba, B. R., Kumar, P., & Adhikaree, S. (2013). A note on Molluscan diversity and density of some fish ponds of Lalapatti Village Development Committee (VDC), Saptari district, Nepal. Nepalese Journal of Biosciences, 1, 8–10. https://doi.org/10.3126/njbs.v1i0.7463

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Vol. 1 (2011)

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