Scientific Name: Ancilla ampla (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonym: Amalda ampla (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Wide mouth ancilla
Local/Bangla Name: Sada kola koyre (সাদা কালা করি)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ancillariidae
Description:
Shell moderately medium in size, cylindrical, solid and thick; apex pointed; spire short and attached to the inflated body whorl; indistinct whorls and suture. Two grooves extend on the body whorl. Aperture wide and elongated; lips smooth and the anterior siphonal canal as broad as the aperture; columella with folds and lower fasciolar band distinct.
Surface highly polished, ivory-white to creamy brown.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s island and Sonadia island
Environment:
Marine
References:
Sultana KS, Brishti PS, Ahmed S, Billah MB, Habib KA (2021) Morphological and molecular characterization of several neogastropod species (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from coastal waters of Bangladesh with one new record. Journal of Bio-Science, 79-91.
Hossain MS, Sharifuzzaman SM, Chowdhury SR, Chowdhury MSN, Sarkar S, Islam MR and Talukder A (2014) Sea Shells of Bangladesh: Marine Gastropod and Bivalve Molluscs Biodiversity.1-44pp
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