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Scientific Name: Pirenella cingulata (Gmelin, 1791)

Synonym: Cerithidea cingulata (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: girdled horn snail
Local/Bangla Name: choto shamuk (ছোট শামুক), lomba leza (লম্বা ল্যাজা)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Caenogastropoda
Family: Potamididae
Description:
The shell has an elongated and thick shape with 13-15 flattened whorls. It features an oblique aperture, and the outer lip is broad, extending forward with a noticeable anterior canal. The columella is straight, and the outer lip is thick with a short and distinct anterior siphonal canal. The shell’s color is typically dark brown, sometimes with whitish markings above the suture and dirty white nodules in between brown areas. The interior of the aperture is white, and the operculum is spherical with a central nucleus.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Swamps , estuaries, particularly Sundarbans
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), 394 p.

Other 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.

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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