The Molluscs constitute a significant part of world fauna today.The Palk bay area is familiar for the presence of economically important renewable resources like seaweeds, shrimps, lobsters, holothurians, mollusks and fin fishes.However there is lack of information on the molluscan fauna.The fauna is rich in the intertidal area and coastal habitats from Point Calimere to Mandapam .Of late coastal habitats here are under threat from development activities and over exploitation of natural resources. This necessitates documentation of fauna present in this important area besides categorizing...

The order Neogastropoda or Stenoglossan is generally regarded as the most highly advanced prosobranch gastropods.The large number of species and genera constitutes the success of the Neogastropoda.The classification of the Neogastropods has attracted the attention of many Scientists because the order contain some of the most economically and biologically important gastropods. The over exploitation of these species is now-a-days is increasing rapidly along the South east coast of India.Over the past decades, the operculum and shells of these gastropods have been fetching a good value but only...