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Scientific Name: Lunella cinerea (Born, 1778)
Synonym: Turbo cinereus (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Smooth moon turban, Ash colored turbo
Local/Bangla Name: Chan shamuk (চানঁ শামুক)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Trochida
Family: Turbinidae
Description:
The whorls are smooth and lack any distinct shoulders, featuring delicate nodular spiral ridges. The aperture is circular, and the outer lip has a sharp edge. The shell is of moderate size, solid, wider than it is tall, taking on a spherical shape with a prominent body whorl and a rounded spire. The operculum is circular and adorned with fine granules. The columella is flat and has an outward-flaring, spout-like callus, and the umbilicus, while narrow, is deep.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s, Sonadia and Moheshkhali 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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