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Vesicomya prashadi L. Hoffman & C. Little, 2025 †
1830753 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1830753)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Little, C. T.; Kumar, R.; Johnson, J. E.; Hoffman, L. (2025). Bathyal molluscs from Upper Pleistocene methane seeps in Krishna-Godavari Basin, offshore eastern India. <em>Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.</em> 70(3): 443-477., available online at https://doi.org/10.4202/app.01179.2024
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Note Northern Indian Ocean, Krishna-Godavari Basin,...
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Type locality Northern Indian Ocean, Krishna-Godavari Basin, Bay of Bengal, offshore eastern India, 15°51.6335’ N, 81°50.2274’ E, 1046 m water depth. [details]
Etymology After Baini Prashad (1894–1969), Indian malacologist, particularly known for his study of the deep-water bivalves from...
Etymology After Baini Prashad (1894–1969), Indian malacologist, particularly known for his study of the deep-water bivalves from the Siboga expedition (Prashad 1932). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vesicomya prashadi L. Hoffman & C. Little, 2025 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1830753 on 2025-09-11
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Little, C. T.; Kumar, R.; Johnson, J. E.; Hoffman, L. (2025). Bathyal molluscs from Upper Pleistocene methane seeps in Krishna-Godavari Basin, offshore eastern India. <em>Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.</em> 70(3): 443-477., available online at https://doi.org/10.4202/app.01179.2024
page(s): 462, figs 17B-D [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 462, figs 17B-D [details] Available for editors
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Etymology After Baini Prashad (1894–1969), Indian malacologist, particularly known for his study of the deep-water bivalves from the Siboga expedition (Prashad 1932). [details]Type locality Northern Indian Ocean, Krishna-Godavari Basin, Bay of Bengal, offshore eastern India, 15°51.6335’ N, 81°50.2274’ E, 1046 m water depth. [details]
