Bellamya bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822)

Sajan, S. K., Tripathy, Basudev & Biswas, Tulika, 2018, Species inventory of land and freshwater Molluscs from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states of India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (2), pp. 141-155 : 146

Bellamya bengalensis f. annandalei (Kobelt, 1909) [ Plate 3 ; Figure N]

Material examined: Gosthani saravor (5 ex.), Date:

15.ix.2016, Coll: Dr Varadaraju and Party, Reg. No: M29452/7; Ethipothala temple side shallow river water canal Nalgonda (6 ex.), Date: 2.ix.2016, Coll: Dr Varadaraju and Party, Reg. No: M29454/7; Nagarjuna sagar (16 ex.), Date: 31.viii.2016, Coll: Dr Varadaraju and Party, Reg. No: M29457/7; Ethipotala lake falls (2 ex.), Date: 01.ix.2016, Coll: Dr Varadajaju and Party, Reg No: M29456/7

Shell characters: Shell thin, whorls gradually increasing; sutures shallow; aperture sub-rhomboidal and subangulate anteriorly.

Known distribution range: Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal

IUCN status: Least Concern

Figures

Plate 3. N.Bellamya bengalensis f. annandalei (Kobelt, 1909); O. Idiopoma dissimilis (Müller, 1774); P. Pila virens (Lamarck, 1822); Q. Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774); R. Thiara (Thiara) scabra (Müller, 1774); S. Tarebia lineata (Gray, 1828)