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Scientific Name: Chicoreus ramosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
English Name: Ramose murex, branched murex
Local/Bangla Name: Baro kata shamuk (বড়ো কাঁটা শামুক)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Description:
Shell very large, thick, heavy and rounded. Spire low; 2-3 whorls with 3 small tuberculated varices; distinct suture. Large and globose body whorls with strong spinose varices. All whorls bear numerous weak spiral cords. Spines not so sharp, leaf- like, medium and recurved. Aperture large and egg-shaped with moderately broad notch at the posterior end. Crenulated outer lip with prominent tooth-like process anteriorly, inside smooth or shortly lirate; inner lip smooth or with small spiral ridge posteriorly; anterior siphonal canal moderately long, broad, deep and narrowly open with 9-3 spines at both ends. Colour: exterior whitish with a few light brown spots and a few rusty pink near the sutures, on varices and the apex of spines; inside and siphonal canal white
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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