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Scientific Name: Sunetta scripta (Linnaeus, 1758)
English Name: Pure sunetta clam
Local/Bangla Name: Porir pakh chilon (পরীর পাখ ছিলন)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Description:
The shell is small, solid, compressed, and rounded-trigonal. It has strong, smooth concentric ridges with narrow, deep grooves between them. The ridges are sculptured by angularly zigzag concentric lines. The edge of the outer margin bears fine teeth-like projections. The color of the shell is creamy, with small, purplish-brown blotches arranged in a zigzag pattern. The interior of the shell is white with pale purple below the umbonium cavity.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sonadia Island, Teknaf sea beach and Borar Char
Environment:
Marine
Other 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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