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The Malleidae (Mollusca: Bivalve) of India with a new distributional record of Malleus albus (Lamarck, 1819), from southeast cost of India-Nellore, Andhra Pradesh

S. D. Gurumayum

Occurrence of a lesser-known but interesting bivalve, Malleus albus (Lamarck, 1819), is reported here for the firsttime from state of Andhra Pradesh (southeast coast of India). Confirmed records of four Malleidae species in the region are presented in this article along with a systematic description of the species