A check-list of gastropods landed at Sakthikulangara- Neendakara area

Many commercially Important gastropods are landed as by-catch of shrimp trawlers at Sakthlkulangara-Neendakara area along with prawns, fishes, crustaceans and cephalopods. Recent observations on the landings of moUuscan shells indicate that 29 species of gastropods and a few bivalves are landed as by-catch of shrimp trawlers and there is an increasing trend in the quantity landed Taking into consideration the importance of these groups, a check-list of gastropods landed, their abundance and common names are give