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Scientific Name: Tetraclita squamosa Bruguière, 1789
English Name: Thatched Barnacle, Green Volcano Barnacle
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known
Photo: rijans (iNaturalist)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Order: Balanomorpha
Family: Tetraclitidae
Description:
The coloration of the shell is greenish with brownish-grey, and the external surface of the operculum is also brownish-grey, while the internal surface is purplish-grey. The scutum is triangular and larger than the tergum. Its external surface has horizontal striations, and the occluding margin has very shallow teeth. The mandible has four large teeth, with the first tooth having three small spines. The lower margin of the mandible is pectinate. The tergum is narrow with a beaked apex, and it has a long, sharp spur. The shell consists of four fused and inseparable plates. The parietes have eight rows of multi-tubiferous parietal tubes.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Cox’s Bazar, Saint Martin’s Island (Eastern coastal margin of Bangladesh)
Environment:
Marine
Other References:
Ahmed ATA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M (eds.) (2008) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 18. Part II. Arthropoda: Crustacea. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, 226 pp
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