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Scientific Name: Littoraria melanostoma (Gray, 1839)
English Name: Periwinkle snail
Local/Bangla Name: choto shamuk (ছোট শামুক)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Littorinidae
Description:
Shell small, conical and thin, with 6 to 8 sflat-sided whorls. Aperture oval, columella weakly concave, glazed, with callus, outer lip often narrowly shouldered. Surface covered with lightly incised spiral cords, angulated keel on the body whorl. Colour: pale yellowish, ornamented with closely spaced brown dashes arranged axially or in a zigzag fashion, outer lip and interior of the aperture pale yellow, columella dark brown.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sundarbans, Cox’s Bazar and other coastal areas
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:
Antu DR, Islam TT, Ahmed MR, Ahmed S, Datta SK, Ahmed MS (2023) Diversity of Bivalves and Gastropods in Sonadia Island, Bangladesh. Bioresearch Communications-(BRC), 9(01), 1225-1236. https://doi.org/10.3329/brc.v9i1.63603
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