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Scientific Name: Oliva caerulea (Röding, 1798)
English Name: Purplemouth olive
Local/Bangla Name: Bukchira (বুকচিরা), Kola shamuk (কলা শামুক)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Description:
Shell moderately large, up to 60 mm in height, spire high and calloused, suture narrow and deep, slightly inflated in the middle. Columella with strong callus and three to four ridges on the anterior and thin callus and plications on the posterior. Colour variable, white, profusely spotted with blue-gray and golden yellow, often with two faint spiral bands, aperture violet, columella white, fasciole with yellow tinge.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s island and Sonadia 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.
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