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Scientific Name: Astralium stellare (Gmelin, 1791)
English Name: Northern Star, Blue Mouthed Turban.
Local/Bangla Name: Tara shamuk (তারা শামুক)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Trochida
Family: Turbinidae
Description:
The shell is of moderate size and takes on a trochiform shape, characterized by its density and thickness, with each whorl slightly extending beyond the suture. It features wide, cave-like projections at the lower part of each whorl. The apex is not dull, and the body of the shell is marked by four spiral bands. The aperture is somewhat slanting and oval in shape, lacking any teeth on its edges. The operculum is oval. There is no umbilicus present.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Cheradia islet of St. Martin’s Island and in Sonadia and Teknaf
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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