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Scientific Name: Turricula tornata (Dillwyn, 1817)
English Name: Turned turrid
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Clavatulidae
Description:
Shell large, heavy, solid, fusiform; elongate with rounded whorls, suture deep, spire less than half of the total length. Surface smooth but shallow spiral ridge below the suture and spiral striation at the base of the body whorl; twisted, long, siphonal canal; sinus broad, deep. Color: Outer surface creamy white, ornamented with brown lines.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Nuniarchar (Cox’s Bazar)
Environment:
Marine
Main References:
Sultana KS, Brishti PS, Ahmed S, Billah MB, Habib KA (2021) Morphological and molecular characterization of several neogastropod species (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from coastal waters of Bangladesh with one new record. Journal of Bio-Science, 79-91.
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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