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Scientific Name: Volachlamys singaporina (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
English Name: Singapore scallop
Local/Bangla Name: Not known
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Family: Pectinidae
Description:
Shell medium sized, fan shaped and rather depressed, equivalve and equilateral with unequal auricles. Sculpture consists of about 24 elevated ribs Shell creamish d ornamented with reddish brown blotches and stripes. On the interior white with pinkish tinge near the hinge.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Kutubdia, Maheskhali and Sonadia Island
Environment:
Marine
Main References:
Hossain MS, Sharifuzzaman SM, Chowdhury SR, Chowdhury MSN, Sarkar S, Islam MR, Talukder A (2014) Sea Shells of Bangladesh: Marine Gastropod and Bivalve Molluscs Biodiversity.1-44pp
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