DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF GASTROPODS OF INTERTIDAL
REGION OF NORTHERN GULF OF KACHCHH, GUJARAT, INDIA
Hitesh K. Kardani, P.C. Mankodi and G. A. Thivakaran
Abstract
The present study was conducted at three sites having different coastal characteristics in Northern Gulf of
Kachchh namely Mandvi, Mundra and Sanghi. In this study a total of 36 species of 18 families of gastropods
were recorded from Gulf of Kachchh of which Sanghi, Mundra and Mandvi recorded 17, 13 and 25
species respectively. The species density of 170 and 472/sqm was observed at Sanghi during summer and
monsoon 2008-09 respectively while in Mundra highest density of 1207/sqm was observed during winter
2007-08 and lowest of (267/sqm) during summer 2008-09 was recroded.The species density at Mandvi
ranged from 346 to 1003/sqm. The following paper presents the diversity index and distribution pattern.
Species like Thias rudolfii and Cerithidea cingulata were observed during all seasons at all stations. The dominant
species were Cerithidea cingulata,, Cerithidea fluviatilis, Umbonium vestarium and Assiminea sp. showed
more than 200 no/ Shannon diversity index H were calculated for the stations in all three stations. The
Highest and lowest value of Shannon index H 1.37 and 2.68 were recorded at Mundra and Mandvi during
winter 2007-08.
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