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Diversity and Distribution of Cypraeoidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Gujarat Coast, India

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The present study reports twelve species of Cypraeoidea belonging to nine genera and two families from the Gujarat coast, India. Naria erosa (Linnaeus 1758) and Margovula bimaculata (Adams 1855) reported and described for the first time from the Gujarat. Diminovula nielseni Cate 1976 and Crenavolva leopardus Fehse 2002 are sparsely distributed in the lower intertidal zone and reported for the first time from India. Erronea adusta persica Schilder and Schilder 1938 was formerly misidentified from India, described with true identity based on several specimens from Gujarat. Morphological description, habitat and present distribution status of the species are provided.

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We are grateful to Dr. N. K. Gontia (Hon. Vice-Chancellor, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh) for providing the necessary facilities and encouragement. We are also thankful to the officials of Marine National Park, Jamnagar, for providing moral support and guidance. The authors are thankful to Dr. Marco Passamonti (Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche Geologiche e Ambientali (BiGeA), Via Selmi 3, 40126 Bologna, Italy), Dr. Gary Rosenberg (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia), Dr. Hoong Wei Wong (Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore, Singapore), Dr. Dirk Fehse (Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Munich, Germany), Dr. Luiz Ricardo L. Simone (Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil) and Dr. Felix Lorenz (Chiapponi-Lorenz Seashell Foundation (CLSF), Via Aspromonte, Lecco, Italy) for help in suggestions and identification of Cypraeoidea.

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Vadher, P., Kardani, H.K. & Beleem, I. Diversity and Distribution of Cypraeoidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Gujarat Coast, India. Thalassas 39, 1101–1116 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-023-00591-0

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