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Scientific Name: Atrina pectinata (Linnaeus, 1767)
English Name: Comb pen shell
Local/Bangla Name: Kostura (কস্তুরা)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreida
Family: Pinnidae
Description:
The shell is large, thin, and fragile. It is moderately inflated and has a triangularly wedge-shaped outline. The sculpture of the shell is highly variable, with radial ribs that can be smooth or densely set with short open spines. The interior nacreous layer is thin and undivided, and it occupies the anterior two-thirds of the valves. The posterior adductor scar is larger, semicircular, and completely enclosed within the nacreous area. The anterior adductor scar is smaller and located at the tip of the nacreous area.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s and Sonadia island
Environment:
Marine ,benthic,subTropical
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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