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Scientific Name: Casmaria ponderosa (Gmelin, 1791)
English Name: Atlantic casmaria
Atlantic casmaria - - Casmaria ponderosa - Type: Sea_snails

Labcode: M1804SM-38

Photo: ABR Lab

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cassidae
Description:
Shell of medium size, up to 50 mm in length, elongately ovoid, spire moderate and apex pointed, whorls moderately convex and evenly rounded. Aperture narrow, outer lip thickened and reflected, with severi, rather widely spaced, short and pointed tubercles, inner margin with numerous small teeth. Shell surface smooth without spiral ribs, grooves or varices, with a row of blunt nodules on the shoulder of the body whorl. Colour cream, with two pale brown spiral bands, dark brown marks below suture and on the anterior part of the body whorl, dark-brown oblong marks on the thickened, ridge-like margin of the outer lip.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Kutubdia, Maheskhali and Sonadia Island
Environment:
Marine
Main References:

Habib KA, Kim CG, Oh J, Neogi AK, Lee YH (2017) Aquatic Biodiversity of Sundarbans, Bangladesh), Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST), 394 p.

Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
IUCN conservation status:
Other Information