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Scientific Name: Protapes gallus (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonym: Paphia gallus (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Rooster venus
Local/Bangla Name: Patla chilon (পাতলা ছিলন)
Labcode: MB1904SD-74, MB1904SD-75
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Description:
The shell is medium-sized, solid, compressed and arched. Shell is sculptured by coarser concentrica and obtuse ridges and the posterior margin is rather flexous. The hinge has 3 cardinal teeth, without the lateral teeth. The pallial sinus is shallower. The color of the shell is fulvus-creamy with ash grey lines.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sonadia Island and Teknaf sea beach
Environment:
Marine, Benthic, Tropical
Other References:
Brishti PS (2020) Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Marine Bivalves (Mollusca:Bivalvia)from Sonadia Island, Bangladesh,MSc Thesis,Department of Zoology,Jahangirnagar University
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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