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Scientific Name: Barbatia candida (Helbling, 1779)
Synonym: Barbatia helblingi (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Decussate ark
Local/Bangla Name: Kan chilon (কান ছিলন)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Arcidae
Description:
Shell is small, inflated, and trigonal ovate. surface is reticulated.
The shell is somewhat granulated by radial and concentric lines and hinge teeth are slightly curved, meaning they are slightly bent.
The inner margin is not crenulated.Uuter surface is light to dark brown, and the inner surface is whitish
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Teknaf area and Sonadia island
Environment:
Marine
Other 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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