STUDIES ON THE GROWTH OF THE WEDGE CLAM, DONAX (LATONA) CUNEATUS LINNAEUS


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  • K Nagappan Nayar Central Marine Fisheries Research Station, Mandapam Camp

Abstract

OF the several species of wedge clams of the family Donacidce that occur on
the east and west coasts of India in the surf-beaten sands, Donax scortum
to some and Donax cuneatus to a very large extent are valued as food by
many people. In the Palk Bay, ail along the beach from Pillaimadam shore
<Long. 79° 5' and Lat. 9° 17') to Attankarai (Long. 79° 0' and Lat. 9° 21'), a
distance of about seven miles, the receding tides reveal Donax cuneatus in
abundance.

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K Nagappan Nayar, Central Marine Fisheries Research Station, Mandapam Camp

Central Marine Fisheries Research Station, Mandapam Camp

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Nayar, K. N. (2016). STUDIES ON THE GROWTH OF THE WEDGE CLAM, DONAX (LATONA) CUNEATUS LINNAEUS. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 2(2), 325–348. Retrieved from https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/11188

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (1955)

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