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Scientific Name: Notocochlis gualteriana (Récluz, 1844)

Synonym: Natica gualteriana (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Guateris moon snail
Local/Bangla Name: Pat shamuk (প্যাট শামুক)
Guateris moon snail - Pat shamuk (প্যাট শামুক) - Notocochlis gualteriana - Type: Sea_snails

Photo: GBIF

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Description:
Shell small, solid globose with inflated body whorl and elevated spire, pointed apex, surface smooth and glossy. Aperture large and semicircular; columella thin, funiculum entering spirally inwards into the umbilical depression and separated from the parietal callus by U-shaped space.Surface ashy white, ornamented throughout with close set orange-yellow, wavy, vertical lines, apex partially tinged with pale bluish-grey, umbilical space white and body whorl with a white band.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Nuniarchar (Cox’s Bazar) 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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