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Scientific Name: Babylonia japonica (Reeve, 1842)
English Name: Japanese Babylon or Japanese ivory shell,( wiki)
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Babyloniidae
Description:
Color creamy white with spiral bands of crescent shaped, brown patches alternating with bands of brown. Aperture both lips and columella are white. Shell size medium ovate and solid. Spire short, 3 to 4 whorls, suture distinct but not deep; apex pointed. Body whorl large, smoothly rounded shoulder more moderate sculpturing. Aperture oval; outer lip thick, no teeth, inner lip smooth; less callous columella; anterior siphonal canal shallow, smaller umbilicus.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s, Sonadia and Nuniarchar (Cox’s Bazar) islands
Environment:
Marine
Main References:
Habib KA, Kim CG, Oh J, Neogi AK, Lee YH (2017) Aquatic Biodiversity of Sundarbans Bangladesh. Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST). 394pp.
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.
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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