First Record of the Semi-Slug Austenia resplendens (Nevill, 1877) from Dampa Tiger Reserve, North-Eastern Region of India (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Helicarionidae)

Authors

  • Sheikh Sajan
     Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • Deepti
     Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • Arghya Chakrabarty
     Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • Sandeep Kushwaha
     Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • Lalit Kumar Sharma
     Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • Basudev Tripathy
     Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • Kailash Chandra
     Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v119/i4/2019/141586

Keywords:

Dispersal, Distribution, Durgellinae, Range, Semi-Slug, Threat.

Abstract

The terrestrial semi slug Austenia resplendens (Nevill, 1877), which was earlier reported only from the Upper Myanmar region has been recorded for the first time from Dampa Tiger Reserve in the Mizoram state of northeast India. The new distributional record of this species extending the geographic range in the North-eastern India indicates the long dispersal ability in land mollusca. An updated distributional range and way of possible dispersal of the Austenia is discussed.

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2019-12-31

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Sajan, S., Deepti, Chakrabarty, A., Kushwaha, S., Sharma, L. K., Tripathy, B., & Chandra, K. (2019). First Record of the Semi-Slug <i>Austenia resplendens</i> (Nevill, 1877) from Dampa Tiger Reserve, North-Eastern Region of India (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Helicarionidae). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 119(4), 492–495. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v119/i4/2019/141586

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Volume 119, Issue 4, 2019

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