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Scientific Name: Filifusus glaber (Dunker, 1882)
Synonym: Pleuroploca glabra (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Smooth horse conch
Local/Bangla Name: Gota leza (গোটা ল্যাজা)
Labcode: M1706SM-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, exterior covered by obscure spiral cords. Aperture rounded, inner ridges of the outer lip long; columella smooth; 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; both the lips white. Size: Average shell length, average shell width, average aperture length, average aperture width is respectively 94mm, 44mm, 62 mm, 22mm.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
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.
Other References:
ABR LAB
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
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