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Three corbulid species were discriminated from the Cenozoic strata of Kutch, India. Two of them are Caestocorbula gujaratensis n. sp. and Bicorbula kutchensis n. sp. from the Palaeocene to Middle Eocene. The other species, Corbula trigonalis Sowerby, from the Lower Miocene is reassigned to Lenticorbula. The two new species co-occur in the same horizons. Palaeobiogeographical distribution of molluscs in general and corbulids in particular in the Indian subcontinent, especially of India and Pakistan, reveals high endemism. The distribution also evinces palaeobiogeographical closeness among the western Indian basins and Pakistan, thus entailing their inclusion in the same province. This province shows similarity in faunal composition with Africa and Middle East during the Lower Palaeogene whereas with southeast Asian basins during the Miocene. The pattern reflects a shift in biogeographical affinity of the province from Tethyan to Indo-Pacific.

Acupressure is one of the most popular alternative modality which is been practiced worldwide presently. Activating “The Acupoint Sp6 or San Yin Jiao or Spleen 6” point by pressing and releasing every day as a preventive measure for reducing the problems like pre-menstrual syndrome, dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation. The present study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of acupressure therapy on menstrual pain perception among adolescent girls with primary dysmenorrhea in Peoples College of Nursing, Bhanpur, Bhopal, M.P. Totally 60 samples were taken by using Purposive sampling technique. The research design selected for present study was one group pre-test post-test design. Result- The pre-test pain score mean was 6.18 and post-test pain score mean was 1.88. The calculated value of ‘t’ was 7.41 which was very much higher than the tabulated ‘p’ value