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Scientific Name: Cardita variegata Bruguière, 1792
English Name: Rectangular false cockle
Local/Bangla Name: Lomba chilon (লম্বা ছিলন)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Carditida
Family: Carditidae
Description:
The shell is small, solid, and elongate-quadrate in shape. The umbones are located at the anterior end of the shell. The shell has rounded radial ribs that are stronger on the posterior than the anterior. The ribs are broader towards the dorsal margin and crossed by somewhat lamellate growth lines. The shell is yellowish-white in color with widely spaced dark brown spots on the ribs. The inside of the shell is whitish with occasionally brownish markings on the muscle scars and on the hinge.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Throughtout the Sundarbans Mangrove forest, St. Martins Island, Teknaf and the Coxs Bazar area
Environment:
Marine
Main References:
Hossain MS, Sharifuzzaman SM, Chowdhury SR, Chowdhury MSN, Sarkar S, Islam MR, Talukder A (2014) Sea Shells of Bangladesh: Marine Gastropod and Bivalve Molluscs Biodiversity.1-44pp
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