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Scientific Name: Semiricinula tissoti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)

Synonym: Thais tissoti (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Tissot’s rock shell
Local/Bangla Name: Choto shamuk (ছোট শামুক)

Photo: ABR Lab

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Description:
Color creamy-white to light brown lines on the teeth, inner lip columella White. Shell small (omit these words), solid, elongate ovate. Spire elevated, consists of 4 spinose whorls; suture obscure; apex pointed. Body whorl medium with flat nodules at shoulder, contains 3-4 blunt spiral cords. Aperture narrowly ovate; outer lip thick, solid and with 3 to 5 teeth at the inner edge; inner lip and folded columella smooth; posterior siphonal canal deep and broad.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s and Nuniarchar (Cox’s Bazar) island
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.

Hossain MS, Sharifuzzaman SM, Chowdhury SR, Chowdhury MSN, Sarkar S, Islam MR and Talukder A (2014) Sea Shells of Bangladesh: Marine Gastropod and Bivalve Molluscs Biodiversity.1-44pp

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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