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Scientific Name: Lambis scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758)
English Name: Scorpio spider conch
Local/Bangla Name: Chhat kata
Scorpio spider conch - Chhat kata - Lambis scorpius - Type: Sea_snails

Photo: GBIF

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Strombidae
Description:
Shell large, up to 100 mm in height, spire short. Aperture very narrow, elongate, with well- developed spiral lirae, outer lip curves round posteriorly to cover half of spire and forms rounded, triangular flange on far side of first projection, with six digitations, three posterior digitations long, three opposite the columella short and recurved towards posterior, stromboid notch deep with scalloped edge, anterior canal long, curved and sealed distally. Sculptured with spiral cords and small knobs on angular shoulder, body whorl with four rows of knobs, upper most with five large knobs and the lower three with smaller knobs. Colour white and pale gray with brown spots, aperture interior and interstices purple brown, aperture and columella with strong white lirations, outer lip inner edge pink.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coral reef flats and dead coral slabs on 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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