Donax scortum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Gurumayum, S. D., 2019, On a collection of some Mollusca from Budhabalanga estuary, Odisha, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (1), pp. 55-59 : 58

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v119/i1/2019/123277
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10992938
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scientific name	Donax scortum (Linnaeus, 1758)
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16. Donax scortum (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

1758. Venus scortum Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. , ed 10: 686.

Material examined: 1 valve

Measurements: Length: 4.8cm, Height: 3.3cm

Distribution: Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Orissa, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal.

Remarks: This species prefers shallow sandy bed admixed with mud near the river mouths.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Bivalvia
Order	Cardiida
Family	Donacidae
Genus	Donax

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