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Scientific Name: Bufonaria rana (Linnaeus, 1758)
English Name: Ruddy frog shell, Common frog shell
Local/Bangla Name: Kata shamuk (কাটা শামুক)
Ruddy frog shell, Common frog shell - Kata shamuk (কাটা শামুক) - Bufonaria rana - Type: Sea_snails

Photo: ABR Lab

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Bursidae
Description:
Color dull white or cream, irregularly maculated with brown, aperture white or brown, often with three dark brown bands, one on the penultimate whorl and two on the body whorl. Shell size medium, spire conical and elevated; body whorl higher than broad. Aperture obliquely ovate, outer lip grooved and with 13 denticulations; columellar callus poorly developed, spiral threads on the body whorl continue on the columella, siphonal canal relatively long. Upper part of the body whorl is with two rows of nodulose spiral cords, the one below smaller, one row on the penultimate whorl, rest of the shell surface with granulose spiral threads and spinose nodes.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Subtidal to deep sea in the Bay of Bengal
Environment:
Marine
Main 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.

Other References:

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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