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Scientific Name: Tanea lineata (Röding, 1798)
Synonym: Natica lineata (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Lined moon snail
Local/Bangla Name: Dari pat shamuk (দাড়ি প্যাট শামুক)
Labcode: M1706SM-45, M1901DC-03
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Description:
Shell medium, smooth with finely glossy surface; globose with an inflated body whorl and a slightly elevated spire. Pointed apex, large and semicircular aperture, columella thin, umbilicus open with adjacent curved canal, which encircles a knob; funicular pad poorly developed. Color: surface is white; ornamented with straightish, axial orange-brown lines. Umbilical space is white. Size: Average shell length, average shell width, average aperture length, average aperture width is respectively 17mm, 13mm, 7 mm, 12mm.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Bay of Bengal, often off 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
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