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Scientific Name: Filifusus filamentosus (Röding, 1798)
Synonym: Pleuroploca filamentosa (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Filamentous horse conch, filamented spindle shell
Local/Bangla Name: Lalkata lez (লালকাটা লেজ)
Labcode: M1706SM-39, 19
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Description:
Shell large, solid, heavy and elongate fusiform. Spire tall; 5 rounded whorls, distinct suture. Body whorl large, shoulder rounded. Body has distinct vertical rib crossed by thinner spiral ribs Aperture : rounded, inner ridges of the outer lip long; siphonal canal long, deep, broad and distinct. Color: exterior creamy with dark yellow to brown spiral bands. Apex white, aperture creamy-white with long brown bands. Size: Average shell length, average shell width, average aperture length, average aperture width is respectively 115mm, 42mm, 62 mm, 28mm.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s and Sonadia islands and Nuniarchar (Cox’s Bazar)
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:
Hossain MS, Sharifuzzaman SM, Chowdhury SR, Chowdhury MSN, Sarkar S, Islam MR, Talukder A (2014) Sea Shells of Bangladesh: Marine Gastropod and Bivalve Molluscs Biodiversity.1-44pp
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