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Scientific Name: Paratectonatica tigrina (Röding, 1798)

Synonym: Natica tigrina (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Tiger moon shell
Tiger moon shell - - Paratectonatica tigrina - Type: Sea_snails

Labcode: M1710SM-04, M1710SM-05, M1901DC-17

Photo: ABR Lab

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Description:
Shell medium, moderately thin; pear shaped; body convex and deeply impressed suture. Umbilicus deep and narrow, partly filled by a strong internal rib on middle part of its columellar side. Columella is with a thick callus at the columellar side. Aperture is lunar ovate. Color: Outer surface is creamy white with many red brown dots which is transversely aligned. Umbilicus area is white.
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.

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

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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