The continental shelf of India provide excellent benthic foraminiferal and petropod records.This monograpgh envisages a detailed foraminiferal and petropod records of the late Quaternary sequence from the shelf off northern Kerala (30-150 m water depth]. This study recorded the first systematic investigation of petropods in Indian waters. Fifty two benthic foraminiferal and 12 pteropod species are systematically described in this monograph