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THE conch or chank shell (Turbinella pyrum) is so intimately connected with the religious and social life of the people of India that the monograph on the subject prepared by Mr. J. Hornell, Superintendent of Pearl and Chank Fisheries to the Government of Madras, is welcome. He has gained in the course of his official duties a knowledge of the industry in Madras, and he was recently deputed by the Government of that province to investigate its conditions in other parts of the country.
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Madras Fisheries Bureau. Bulletin No. 7. â"œThe Sacred Chank of India: A Monograph of the Indian Conch (Turbinella pyrum).â” By J. Hornell . Pp. viii + 181 + 18 plates. (Madras: Government Press, 1914.) Price 3s.
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The Conch Shell of India . Nature 96, 410–411 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/096410a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/096410a0