Indosphenia kayalum is a small bivalve species inhabiting fragmented brackish-water habitats around Kochi backwater, Kerala.[1] The specific name kayalum is derived from kayal, the Malayalam name for these backwaters. This species was described in 2018 from the Ezhupunna region of Cochin Backwater, Vembanad Lake along with other myid clam Mytilopsis and brackish water gastropod Nassodonta insignis.[2][3][4] This is the fifth species described in the genus Indosphenia. The other species recognized under this genus are Indosphenia cochinensis,[5] Indosphenia abbreviata, Indosphenia abbreviata chilkaensis and Indosphenia sowerbyi.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Myida |
| Family: | Myidae |
| Genus: | Indosphenia |
| Species: | I. kayalum
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| Indosphenia kayalum Oliver, Hallan & Jayachandran, 2018
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References
edit- ^ Staff Reporter (2018-12-18). "New clam species from backwaters". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
- ^ Nandan, S. Bijoy; Sanu, V. F.; Joseph, Philomina; Jayachandran, P. R.; Hallan, Anders; Oliver, P. Graham (2018-11-28). "Taxonomy of myid bivalves from fragmented brackish-water habitats in India, with a description of a new genus Indosphenia (Myidae, Myoidea, Myidae)". ZooKeys (799): 21–46. Bibcode:2018ZooK..799...21O. doi:10.3897/zookeys.799.25843. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 6281703. PMID 30532616.
- ^ Asha, C. V.; Midhun, A. M.; Joseph, Philomina; Xavier, N. D. Don; Anu, P. R.; Jima, M.; Sanu, V. F.; Nandan, S. Bijoy; Jayachandran, P. R. (March 2018). "Authentication of Nassodonta insignis H. Adams, 1867 (Gastropoda: Nassariidae) from the Kodungallur-Azhikode backwater, southwest coast of India using mitochondrial COI marker". Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences. 47 (3). ISSN 0975-1033.
- ^ Jayachandran; et al. (25 December 2018). "Invasion of biofouling mussel Mytilopsis Conrad, 1857 (Bivalvia: Dreissenacea) in the Cochin backwaters, southwest coast of India" (PDF). Current Science. 115: 1198–1200.
- ^ Nandan, S. Bijoy; Jayachandran, P. R.; Oliver, P. Graham (2018-06-01). "Cuspidaria cochinensis Preston, 1916 transferred to the Corbulidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) and assigned to the genus Cuneocorbula". Marine Biodiversity. 48 (2): 1223–1227. Bibcode:2018MarBd..48.1223O. doi:10.1007/s12526-016-0578-y. ISSN 1867-1624. S2CID 6311538.
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