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Scientific Name: Anomia achaeus Gray, 1850
English Name: Pacific jingle shell
Local/Bangla Name: Chhoto chilon (ছোট্ট ছিলন)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Family: Anomiidae
Description:
Shell irregularly circular, ovate, inequivalve, right (lower) valve smaller than the left valve. Left valve convex, tumid, hooked towards the umbo, right valve radially striated. One large and two smaller muscle scars on the central inner shiny surface. Colour: outer surface golden-yellow,pale shiny band towards the umbones.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s Island, Sonadia Island, and Teknaf area
Environment:
Marine ,benthic,subTropical
Main References:
Siddiqui KU, Islam MA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M, Rahman MM (2007) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 17. Molluscs. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka 415 pp.
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