|
Indosphenia Kayalum
''Indosphenia kayalum'' is a small bivalve species inhabiting fragmented brackish-water habitats around Kochi backwater, Kerala. The specific name ''kayalum'' is derived from ''kayal'', the Malayalam name for these backwaters. This species was described in 2018 from the Ezhupunna region of Cochin Backwater, Vembanad Lake along with other myid clam ''Mytilopsis'' and brackish water gastropod ''Nassodonta insignis ''Nassodonta insignis'' is a species of brackish water snail, with gills and an operculum, a gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae. ''Nassodonta insignis'' is the type species of the genus ''Nassodonta''.Strong, E. E., Galindo, L. A., & K ...''. This is the fifth species described in the genus '' Indosphenia''. The other species recognized under this genus are '' Indosphenia cochinensis'', '' Indosphenia abbreviata'', '' Indosphenia abbreviata chilkaensis'' and '' Indosphenia sowerbyi''. References Myidae Bivalves described in 2018 Bivalves of Asia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bivalve
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bivalves have no head and they lack some usual molluscan organs, like the radula and the odontophore. They include the clams, oysters, cockles, mussels, scallops, and numerous other families that live in saltwater, as well as a number of families that live in freshwater. The majority are filter feeders. The gills have evolved into ctenidia, specialised organs for feeding and breathing. Most bivalves bury themselves in sediment, where they are relatively safe from predation. Others lie on the sea floor or attach themselves to rocks or other hard surfaces. Some bivalves, such as the scallops and file shells, can swim. The shipworms bore into wood, clay, or stone and live inside these substances. The shell of a bivalve is composed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackish
Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, is water occurring in a natural environment that has more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing seawater (salt water) and fresh water together, as in estuaries, or it may occur in brackish fossil aquifers. The word comes from the Middle Dutch root '' brak''. Certain human activities can produce brackish water, in particular civil engineering projects such as dikes and the flooding of coastal marshland to produce brackish water pools for freshwater prawn farming. Brackish water is also the primary waste product of the salinity gradient power process. Because brackish water is hostile to the growth of most terrestrial plant species, without appropriate management it is damaging to the environment (see article on shrimp farms). Technically, brackish water contains between 0.5 and 30 grams of salt per litre—more often expressed as 0.5 to 30 parts per thousand (‰), which is a specific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kochi
Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of Kerala and is commonly referred to as Ernakulam. Kochi is the most densely populated city in Kerala. As of 2011, it has a corporation limit population of 677,381 within an area of 94.88 km2 and a total urban population of more than of 2.1 million within an area of 440 km2, making it the largest and the most populous metropolitan area in Kerala. Kochi city is also part of the Greater Cochin region and is classified as a Tier-II city by the Government of India. The civic body that governs the city is the Kochi Municipal Corporation, which was constituted in the year 1967, and the statutory bodies that oversee its development are the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) and the Goshree Islands Development Authority (GID ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South Canara, and Thiruvithamkoor. Spread over , Kerala is the 21st largest Indian state by area. It is bordered by Karnataka to the north and northeast, Tamil Nadu to the east and south, and the Lakshadweep Sea to the west. With 33 million inhabitants as per the 2011 census, Kerala is the 13th-largest Indian state by population. It is divided into 14 districts with the capital being Thiruvananthapuram. Malayalam is the most widely spoken language and is also the official language of the state. The Chera dynasty was the first prominent kingdom based in Kerala. The Ay kingdom in the deep south and the Ezhimala kingdom in the north formed the other kingdoms in the early years of the Common Era (CE). The region had been a prominent spice exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Specific Name (zoology)
In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet or species epithet) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen). The first part of the name of a species is the name of the genus or the generic name. The rules and regulations governing the giving of a new species name are explained in the article species description. For example, the scientific name for humans is ''Homo sapiens'', which is the species name, consisting of two names: ''Homo'' is the " generic name" (the name of the genus) and ''sapiens'' is the "specific name". Historically, ''specific name'' referred to the combination of what are now called the generic and specific names. Carl Linnaeus, who formalized binomial nomenclature, made explicit distinctions between specific, generic, and trivial names. The generic name was that of the genus, the first in the binomial, the trivial name was the second name in the binomial, and the specific the proper term fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry ( Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was designated a " Classical Language of India" in 2013. Malayalam has official language status in Kerala, and Puducherry ( Mahé), and is also the primary spoken language of Lakshadweep, and is spoken by 34 million people in India. Malayalam is also spoken by linguistic minorities in the neighbouring states; with significant number of speakers in the Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka, and Kanyakumari, district of Tamil Nadu. It is also spoken by the Malayali Diaspora worldwide, especially in the Persian Gulf countries, due to large populations of Malayali expatriates there. There are significant population in each cities in India including Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi, Kolkata, Pune etc. The origin of Malayalam remains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vembanad Lake
Vembanad is the longest lake in India, as well as the largest lake in the state of Kerala. The lake has an area of 230 square kilometers and a maximum length of 96.5 km. Spanning several districts in the state of Kerala, it is known as Vembanadu Lake in Kottayam, Vaikom, Changanassery, Punnamada Lake in Alappuzha, Punnappra, Kuttanadu and Kochi Lake in Kochi. Several groups of small islands including Vypin, Mulavukad, Maradu, Udayamperoor, Vallarpadam, Willingdon Island are located in the Kochi Lake portion. Kochi Port is built around the Willingdon Island and the Vallarpadam island. Kuttanad, also known as ''The Rice Bowl of Kerala'', has the lowest altitude in India, and is also one of the few places in world where cultivation takes place below sea level. Kuttanad lies on the southern portion of Vembanad. The Nehru Trophy Boat Race is conducted in a portion of the lake. High levels of pollution have been noticed at certain hotspots of the Vembanad backwat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mytilopsis
''Mytilopsis'' is a genus of small fresh- and brackishwater mussels in the family Dreissenidae. Species Species within the genus ''Mytilopsis'' are: * ''Mytilopsis adamsi'' J. P. E. Morrison, 1946 * ''Mytilopsis africana'' (Van Beneden, 1835) * ''Mytilopsis lacustris'' (Morelet, 1860) * ''Mytilopsis leucophaeata'' (Conrad, 1831) * ''Mytilopsis ornata'' (Morelet, 1885) * ''Mytilopsis sallei'' (Récluz, 1849) * '' Mytilopsis trautwineana'' (Tryon, 1866) Synonyms: * ''Mytilopsis allyneana'' accepted as ''Mytilopsis adamsi'' * ''Mytilopsis domingensis'' accepted as ''Mytilopsis sallei'' * ''Mytilopsis zeteki'' accepted as '' Mytilopsis adamsi ''Mytilopsis'' is a genus of small fresh- and brackishwater mussels in the family Dreissenidae The Dreissenidae are a family of small freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs. They attach themselves to stones or to any other hard surface ...'' * ''Mytilopsis lopesi'' accepted as '' Rheodreissena lopesi'' References Dreissenid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nassodonta Insignis
''Nassodonta insignis'' is a species of brackish water snail, with gills and an operculum, a gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae. ''Nassodonta insignis'' is the type species of the genus ''Nassodonta''.Strong, E. E., Galindo, L. A., & Kantor, Y. I. (2017). "Quid est ''Clea helena''? Evidence for a previously unrecognized radiation of assassin snails (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea: Nassariidae)". ''PeerJ'' 5: e3638. . This species distributed in the brackish water habitats of southwest coast of India. Distribution Apparently confined to the southern coasts of India inshallow, brackish water. Reported by Preston from Cochin (Kochi) backwaters near Ernakulam. Smith (1895) pointed out that the original locality indication of ''Nassodonta insignis'' was “Peiho river, China”, and stated that on the label accompanying the type is written “Peihoi, fresh water, Calvert, with genus ''Velorita''”. Smith further pointed out that the genus ''Velorita'' ('' Villorita cyprinoides'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indosphenia
''Indosphenia'' is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Myidae. This genus is mainly distributed in the fragmented brackish water habitats of India including Chilka Lake and Cochin (kochi) backwaters. Species: *''Indosphenia abbreviata'' *''Indosphenia cochinensis'' *''Indosphenia kayalum'' *''Indosphenia sowerbyi ''Indosphenia'' is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Myidae. This genus is mainly distributed in the fragmented brackish water habitats of India including Chilka Lake and Cochin (kochi) backwaters. Species: *''Indosphenia abbreviata'' ...'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q65561525 Myidae Bivalve genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indosphenia Cochinensis
''Indosphenia'' is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Myidae. This genus is mainly distributed in the fragmented brackish water habitats of India including Chilka Lake and Cochin (kochi) backwaters. Species: *'' Indosphenia abbreviata'' *'' Indosphenia cochinensis'' *''Indosphenia kayalum ''Indosphenia kayalum'' is a small bivalve species inhabiting fragmented brackish-water habitats around Kochi backwater, Kerala. The specific name ''kayalum'' is derived from ''kayal'', the Malayalam name for these backwaters. This species was ...'' *'' Indosphenia sowerbyi'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q65561525 Myidae Bivalve genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indosphenia Abbreviata
''Indosphenia'' is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Myidae. This genus is mainly distributed in the fragmented brackish water habitats of India including Chilka Lake and Cochin (kochi) backwaters. Species: *'' Indosphenia abbreviata'' *''Indosphenia cochinensis'' *''Indosphenia kayalum ''Indosphenia kayalum'' is a small bivalve species inhabiting fragmented brackish-water habitats around Kochi backwater, Kerala. The specific name ''kayalum'' is derived from ''kayal'', the Malayalam name for these backwaters. This species was ...'' *'' Indosphenia sowerbyi'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q65561525 Myidae Bivalve genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.jpg "Click for more on -> Kochi")
.jpg "Click for more on -> Malayalam")
