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Scientific Name: Monodonta labio (Linnaeus, 1758)
English Name: Labio monodont, Lipped periwrinkle, Lipped or toothed top shell
Local/Bangla Name: Badami shamuk (বাদামী শামুক), Nil shamuk (নীল শামুক)
Photo: Adrian Gale (GBIF)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Trochida
Family: Trochidae
Description:
The shell is diminutive, solid, with a conical spire and a sharp apex, appearing spherical in shape and adorned with prominent coarse spiral ridges. It consists of five whorls, and the umbilicus is sealed, while the columella is white, featuring a single curved tooth and a fold below it. The outer surface is dark purple and displays regularly spaced rectangular dark-brown spots separated by white areas. The aperture is nearly round, white, and marked with fine ridges, while the outer lip is thick and has several inward folds. The outer surface of the shell is smooth
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sonadia, Naf River and St. Martin’s 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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