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Scientific Name: Brunneifusus ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonym: Pugilina ternatanus (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Ternate false fusus, Ternate melongena
Local/Bangla Name: Lomba kata shamuk (লম্বা কাটা শামুক)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Melongenidae
Description:
Shell large, solid, long, thin and light; ovately pyriform. Spire large; 5 whorls, sculptured by spiral axial nodules and cords; suture attached with the whorls and distinct. Apex pointed. Body whorl very large; shoulder flat with large prominent angulated and acute nodules; surface covered by fine lateral spiral cords. Aperture large and elongate; both lips and columella smooth; siphonal canal long, broad and deep. Operculum thick, corneous and claw-shaped. Colour: exterior fawn yellow to yellowish-red; spiral cords and nodules slightly deep brown; aperture, lips and columella are creamy. Operculum dark. Size: maximum shell length 150 mm, commonly 120 mm; average shell length, width, aperture length and width measure 109, 43, 49 and 16 mm, respectively.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s and Nuniarchar in Cox’s Bazar
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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