{"id":124283,"date":"2026-09-13T13:01:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T07:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=124283"},"modified":"2026-09-13T16:47:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T11:17:46","slug":"deltachion-ravenshaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/deltachion-ravenshaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Deltachion ravenshaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Deltachion ravenshaw Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers recently identified a previously undescribed species named\u00a0 Deltachion ravenshaw from the sandy intertidal stretches of the Devi estuary in Puri.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Deltachion ravenshaw<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>new clam species.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It belongs to <\/span><b>Donacidae<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a<\/span><b> family of bivalve <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/molluscs\/\" target=\"_blank\">molluscs<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the order Veneroida.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was discovered from the <\/span><b>sandy intertidal stretches<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the <\/span><b>Devi estuary in Puri, Odisha.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the study, 12 Donacidae species are currently recorded in India, seven of them from the Odisha coast.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What makes the discovery particularly interesting is the place where the bivalve was found.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Deltachion specie<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>s<\/strong> are <\/span><b>generally associated with marine environments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while<\/span><b> D. ravenshaw<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was <\/span><b>found in the brackish waters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Devi estuary, where salinity can fluctuate.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Measuring about 6.9 mm, the bivalve has an <\/span><b>elongated, triangular shell <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with a <\/span><b>distinctly pointed anterior end.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its <\/span><b>posterior portion<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has <\/span><b>prominent, broad, and flat radial ribs,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with <strong>f<\/strong><\/span><b>ine intersecting lines <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">creating a characteristic <\/span><b>lattice-like pattern.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Differences in these shell features, along with the shape of its pallial sinus and ventral margin, help distinguish it from closely related species.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/bhubaneswar\/new-bivalve-species-discovered-in-devi-estuary\/articleshow\/134131400.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>TOI<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deltachion ravenshaw is a new clam species discovered from the sandy intertidal stretches of the Devi estuary in Puri, Odisha. 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