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Sacred Chank, Turbinella (Xancus) pyrum trading at Karaikal Fishing Harbour, Tamil Nadu

author(s) Sethi - S N - Rudramurthy - N
from Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
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Sethi et al., 'Sacred Chank, Turbinella (Xancus) pyrum trading at Karaikal Fishing Harbour, Tamil Nadu', Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series, 40-41, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, 2013

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Abstract

The Sacred Chank or ‘Indian conch’, Turbinella pyrum Linnaeus, is a large, thick-shelled gastropod abundant in the shallow waters of Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannar, between India and Sri Lanka. T. pyrum is commercially exploited from the Gulf of Mannar, Palk Bay and Chennai

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