Padmavathi Pamulapati, S.K. Rehanuma Sulthana and Deepa Jaiswal
Abstract
In the present study, an attempt has been made to investigate the Mollusc assemblages of Papikonda National Park, Andhra Pradesh during the years 2021-2022. Papikonda National Park is located in Andhra Pradesh state covering East Godavari and West Godavari districts and is one of the biodiversity rich regions in Eastern Ghats. Many studies have been conducted on fauna of the park. However, little or no attention is paid to malacofauna. In the current study, the authors recorded 44 species of non-marine molluscs constituting 20 freshwater and 24 terrestrial species. Among the freshwater species, Tarebia granifera, Melanoides tuberculata and Radix rufescens, and among terrestrial species, Glessulas ubtornensis and Macrochlamys indica were the most frequent species. Unionidae and Ariophantidae were found to be the most speciose families in freshwater and terrestrial habitats respectively.