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Record of pestiferous land snail, Macrochlamys indica Godwin-Austin 1883 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ariophantidae) on mulberry (Morus sp.) In Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Sahadev Chouhan, Sanjay Paunikar and Pallabi Priyadarshani
Year : 2023 | Volume: 8 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 1-4
Received on: 2023-03-28
Revised on: 2023-04-17
Accepted on: 2023-04-23
Published on: 05/02/2023
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Sahadev Chouhan, Sanjay Paunikar and Pallabi Priyadarshani( 2023).
Record of pestiferous land snail, Macrochlamys indica Godwin-Austin 1883 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ariophantidae) on mulberry (Morus sp.) In Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
. International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences, 8( 3), 1-4.
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Abstract
The present paper reports the land Mollusca, Macrochlamys indica Godwin-Austin, 1883 as a pest on mulberry from the Basic Seed Farm, Sheeshambara Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The species commonly known air breathing land snail have been reported causing damage to mulberry garden and nursery samplings at P2, Basic Seed Farm, Sheeshambara, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. They feed on succulent, tender leaves and create irregular holes with smooth edges on leaves by scraping with their rasp-like tongues. Their peak activity period in Dehradun is rainy season. This is the first report of damaging sapling of mulberry of this snail in nursery of mulberry from Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
Keywords
Morus alba, Records, Molluscan pests, Snails, Macrochlamys indica.
