Morpho-anatomical Studies of Intertidal Bivalve Glauconome chinensis (Gray, 1828) from West Bengal-Odisha Coast, India
Saheli Maiti
Department of Natural & Applied Sciences, Raja N. L. Khan Women's College (Autonomous), Midnapore, West Bengal-721102, India.
Sk Saruk Islam
Department of Natural & Applied Sciences, Raja N. L. Khan Women's College (Autonomous), Midnapore, West Bengal-721102, India.
Sumana Mahato
Department of Natural & Applied Sciences, Raja N. L. Khan Women's College (Autonomous), Midnapore, West Bengal-721102, India.
Samaresh Samanta
Department of Zoology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal-721102, India.
Sujoy Midya *
Department of Zoology, Raja N.L. Khan Women's College, Midnapore, West Bengal-721102, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
West Bengal-Odisha coastal mangrove ecosystem represent a productive and dynamic ecosystem enriched with diversified habitat and niches. The intertidal bivalve Glauconome chinensis has been reported presently in the intertidal zone of Subarnarekha estuary of West Bengal-Odisha coast of Bay of Bengal. The studied bivalve characterised by unique morphological and microanatomical features. The present paper deals with morphological (shape and sizes of the shell, siphon, mantle, foot, adductor muscle, gill, digestive gland, reproductive system) and also microanatomical characteristics of different body tissues of the intertidal bivalve Glauconome chinensis.
Keywords: Bivalve, Glauconome chinensis, coastal ecosystem, subarnarekha estuary, morphology, microanatomy