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Scientific Name: Latirus gibbulus (Gmelin, 1791)
English Name: Gibbose latirus
Local/Bangla Name: Gota leza (গোটা ল্যাজা)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Description:
Shell moderately large, thick, solid, fusiform. Spire moderately large with sharply pointed apex; 5 concavely rounded whorls; suture distinct. Body whorl large, rounded shoulder with nodules and horizontal striae. Aperture short; denticles on the inner margin of the convex outer lip; inner lip smooth; columella with single fold: umbilicus large; siphonal canal slightly long, deep. broad and open. Colour: outer surface whitish- brown with dark brown patches; aperture, lips and columella white to creamy. Size: maximum shell length 70 mm; average shell length, width, aperture length and width measure 42, 23, 12 and 9 mm, respectively
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 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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