• Popat P. Pathare
• Rajendra B. Gade
• Manohar R. Erande

The phylum Mollusca is most diverse and dominates bentic fauna of water bodies. The Nighoj Kund is a world famous for naturally made potholes on Rock River bed of Kukadi River. This pothole recorded in Guinness book of world record. The Kund is located at the Nighoj village, Taluka Parner District Ahamadnagar. These potholes are spread on kukadi river bed up to the 3 km long and 10 to 15 Mts., widths and more than 30 Mts., in depth. The current study is carried out to find out the diversity of fresh water Molluscan species from Nighoj Kund or Potholes Maharashtra state, India. The results of present study shows that the Molluscan species diversity found from various sites of potholes or Kund water which is belonging to different families such as Viviparidae (03 Species), Lymnaeidae (02 Species), Physidae (01 Specie), Bullinidea (01 Specie), Thiaridae (02 Species), Planorbidae (01 Specie) all the species are belonging to Class Gastropoda and Unioidae (02 Species) which are belong to Class Bivalve. All the above species are found from study area during study period.

Potholes, Malacology, Kund, Mollusca, Nighoj, Kukadi.

"A Note on Molluscan Diversity of Nighoj Potholes (Kund) Parner Taluka Ahamadnagar District (M.S.) India.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no.64-74, December-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFI06012.pdf

"A Note on Molluscan Diversity of Nighoj Potholes (Kund) Parner Taluka Ahamadnagar District (M.S.) India.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no. pp64-74, December-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFI06012.pdf