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Scientific Name: Clithon reticulare (G. B. Sowerby I, 1836)
English Name: Reticular nerite
Local/Bangla Name: Shamuk (শামুক)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae
Description:
The shell is delicately marked with fine striations and has an ovate shape. The spire is not clearly visible or is entirely concealed by the last whorl. There are typically 3-4 whorls, with a concave rounded upper part, and the sutures are deeply impressed. The aperture and operculum both have a semilunar shape. There is a prominent tooth on the inner columellar margin, with 5-6 smaller teeth near the center. The shell’s color is yellowish-olive or green, featuring slanting, angular red or black thin lines.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Cox’s Bazar and Teknaf, the Shankho river and the Sundarbans area
Environment:
brackish
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.
Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
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