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Scientific Name: Ergaea walshi (Reeve, 1859)
Synonym: Crepidula walshi (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Walsh’s slippery shell
Local/Bangla Name: Sada shamuk (সাদা শামুক)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Calyptraeidae
Description:
Shell small, elongate-ovate, flattened, spire obsolete towards the posterior edge, margins irregular, internal shelf flattened and partly covering the aperture, arises from below the apex, attached at both ends. Surface with fine concentric striae and coarse growth lines.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sonadia and St. Martin’s Island
Environment:
Marine
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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