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Scientific Name: Tonna tessellata (Lamarck, 1816)
English Name: Mosaic tun, tesselate tun
Local/Bangla Name: Ful boa shamuk (ফুল বুয়া শামুক)
Labcode: M1706SM-34
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Tonnidae
Description:
Shell large, solid, moderately high spire, deep suture. Aperture wide, outer lip thick, wavy or fluted.Lower part of the columella twisted, with a parietal callus partly covering the umbilicus. Sculptured with a number of raised, rounded ribs. Color: Outer surface creamy, ribs white with large squarish brown spots. Columella is white and shiny. Size: Average shell length, average shell width, average aperture length, average aperture width is respectively 105mm, 75mm, 90mm, 50mm.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sonadia island in Cox’s Bazar, the Sundarbans coast and in the deep sea parts of the Bay of Bengal
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:
Antu DR, Islam TT, Ahmed MR, Ahmed S, Datta SK, Ahmed MS (2023) Diversity of Bivalves and Gastropods in Sonadia Island, Bangladesh. Bioresearch Communications-(BRC), 9(01), 1225-1236. https://doi.org/10.3329/brc.v9i1.63603
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