Filopaludina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822)

Sulthana, Rehanuma, Laskar, Boni A. & Deepa, J., 2020, On the collection of Freshwater Mollusca from Bastar Plateau Zone, Chhattisgarh, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 120 (4), pp. 461-469 : 463

1. Filopaludina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822) ( Figure 2a )

Material examined: FBRC /ZSI/INV/1536, 16 ex, Indravati river , Jagdalpur, Bastar, 17.i.2018 ; FBRC /ZSI/INV/1773, 11 ex, Chitradhara , Jagdalpur, 19.i.2018 .

Shell characters: Shell thin with shallow sutures; aperture sub circular with narrow black margin; body whorl as high as spire; body whorl convex in profile; shell with alternating narrow and broad or variable bands.

Distribution in India: Common throughout India.

Remarks: Common edible species in north east parts of India.

Genus Idiopoma Pilsbry, 1901

Figures

Figure 2. Freshwater Molluscs: Gastropods of Bastar Plateau Zone, Chhattisgarh.