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Scientific Name: Oliva spicata (Röding, 1798)
English Name: veined olive
Local/Bangla Name: Bukchira (বুকচিরা), Kola koyre (কলা করি)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Description:
Shell medium,solid, cylindrical. Spire proportionately high; suture channeled; whorls thin; body whorl large, shoulder widest and gradually narrower to the posterior. Aperture elongate; outer lip thick, inner lip dentated; columella with few folds; siphonal canal deep and broad. Colour: variable, exterior light brown or pale yellow with dark brown or pale brown or red-brown spots; aperture, inner lip and columella white.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s island and near the Teknaf area
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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