• Dharmpal Wagh
• Balaji Shinde
• Priyanka Shejwal

In all 2520 specimens of molluscan species were collected from the four sampling stations of Godavari river at Kaygon toka, the collected species belonging to 6 families 11 genera and total 14 species were recorded, which was 11 species of gastropods and 3 species of bivalves. The identified gastropod species were i.e Bellamya bengalensis, B. dissimilis, Lymnaea acuminata, L.luteola, Tarebia lineata, Melanoids tuberculata, Melania scabra, Indoplanorbis exustus, Planorbis planorb, Physa acuta, Gyraulus convexiculus, and Bivalve species Lamellidens marginalis, L. corrianus, and Indonaia caeruleus. In a few gastropods highly dominant species was Bellamya, Lymnaea acuminata, and Bivalve was Lamellidens marginalis. Diversity indices Simpson index (D), Shannon-Weiner index (H), Evenness (E), Richness (S) and Berger-Parker Index (DBP) of gastropod species were studied. As per Simpson index (0.138) and Shannon index (2.143) high diversity population was observed at Kaygontoka.In addition, water quality parameters were also studied such as water temperature, pH, Dissolved Oxygen, Total Hardness, Alkalinity, Turbidity and Nitrate content. The results were expressed as mean and Standard deviation for each water parameters.

Diversity, Mollusca, Physico-chemical parameters, Godavari River, Aurangabad

"MALACOFAUNA DIVERSITY IN GODAVARI RIVER, KAYGON TOKA, DISTRICT AURANGABAD (MS), INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no.365-380, December-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFI06065.pdf

"MALACOFAUNA DIVERSITY IN GODAVARI RIVER, KAYGON TOKA, DISTRICT AURANGABAD (MS), 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. pp365-380, December-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFI06065.pdf