Diversity of freshwater mollusc in the Western Ghats Suri Sehgal Centre for Conservation Science, Ashoka Tr st for Research in Ecolog and the En ironment N.A. Aravind* and N.A. Madhyastha** Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore- 560024. **Malacology Centre, Poorna Prajna College, Udupi- 576101.
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Diversity of freshwater mollusc in the Western Ghats
Suri Sehgal Centre for Conservation Science, Ashoka Tr st for Research in Ecolog and the En ironment
N.A. Aravind* and N.A. Madhyastha**Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment
(ATREE), Bangalore- 560024.
**Malacology Centre, Poorna Prajna College, Udupi- 576101.
DIVERSITY OF FRESHWATER MACROINVERTEBRATES
HABITAT DIVERSITY OF FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS
PONDS LAKES
STREAMS AND RIVERS BACKWATERS AND ESTUARIES
FRESHWATER BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS OF THE WORLD
The Western Ghats is a hotspot for freshwater fishes, crabs and Mollusks
Estimated numbers of described and undescribed terrestrial and freshwater mollusc
70000
ity
50000
60000
Max Undescribed
Described
mol
lusc
div
ersi
pec
ies)
50000
40000
Min
Non
mar
ine
m(N
um
ber
of
sp
30000
20000 Max
N (
10000Min
Source: Lydeard et al. 2004
Freshwater0
Terrestrial
Taxonomic break up of Indian freshwater mollusc fauna