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Scientific Name: Anadara uropigimelana (Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827)
English Name: Ark shell
Local/Bangla Name: Not known
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Arcidae
Description:
Shell large, up to 60 mm in length; inflated and thick with an almost rectangular outline, Umbones broad and placed close together. Externally shell sculptured with about 30 strong, , smooth and flat radial ribs separated by narrow interspaces. On the interior edges of the valves deeply grooved. Shell white externally and covered with brown periostracum bearing short bristles and yellowish internally.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s Island
Environment:
Marine
Main References:
Hossain MS, Sharifuzzaman SM, Chowdhury SR, Chowdhury MSN, Sarkar S, Islam MR, Talukder A (2014) Sea Shells of Bangladesh: Marine Gastropod and Bivalve Molluscs Biodiversity.1-44pp
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