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Scientific Name: Ficus gracilis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
English Name: Graceful fig shell
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ficidae
Description:
Color of body surface is light brown; long dark brown lines runs from top to bottom; aperture chestnut brown, with pale blue grey outer lip and columella. Shell size large, thin, elongate body whorl, spire slightly elevated. Body surface sculptured by longitudinal and circular threads, causing roughness, circular threads thicker than the longitudinal threads. Aperture long and wide, outer lip very thin and almost straight; columella almost straight with a curve in the centre; long and broad siphonal canal.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Bay of Bengal, Sonadia, Teknaf 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.
Other 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
Bhuiyan, M. M. S. Malacofaunal Diversity in Sonadia Island of Bangladesh.
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