Scientific Name: Bufonaria echinata (Link, 1807)
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Bursidae
Description:
Color of outer surface light to pale brown. Shell large, spire high; high whorl elongated; aperture narrowly ovate, outer lip edge, frilled, with strong irregular transverses teeth, columella with absolute liration; siphonal canal small and shallow; body sculptured with spiral ridges and spinose nodes, elongate outwardly directed spines, 4 spine on the outer lip edge, 2 long, 2 small, arranged alternately.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Subtidal to deep sea in the Bay of Bengal
Environment:
Marine
References:
Habib KA, Kim CG, Oh J, Neogi AK, Lee YH (2017) Aquatic Biodiversity of Sundarbans Bangladesh. Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST). 394pp.
Siddiqui KU, Islam MA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M and Rahman MM (2007) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 17. Molluscs. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka 415 pp.
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