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Scientific Name: Cheilea equestris (Linnaeus, 1758)
English Name: False cup and saucer
Local/Bangla Name: Tupi shamuk (টুপি শামুক)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hipponicidae
Description:
Shell small, shell thick, bowl-shaped, apex excentric with beak-like prominence directed posteriorly. Aperture more or less circular, funnel- shaped calcareous internal septum freely suspended from just below the apex. Surface sculptured with raised close-set, sharp radiating ridges, interstices with fine striae, lacks the coarse concentric corrugations.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s and Sonadia Islands
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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