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Scientific Name: Canarium labiatum (Röding, 1798)

Synonym: Strombus labiatus (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Plicate conch
Local/Bangla Name: Ankti shamuk (আংটি শামুক)
Plicate conch - Ankti shamuk (আংটি শামুক) - Canarium labiatum - Type: Sea_snails

Photo: GBIF

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Strombidae
Description:
Shell of medium size, solid and elongate, higher than broad. Outer lip not much expanded and a poorly developed stromboid notch, columella narrow, glossy, weakly lirate along its entire length, siphonal canal truncate below. Sculptured with strong axial ribs, on the shoulder with 2 or 3 knobs. Colour variable, may be brown or gray with yellowish maculations, broken bands and axial streaks, columella orange to yellowish orange with darker brownish orange stripes.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Off St. Martin’s Island and Teknaf area
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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