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Scientific Name: Chama ambigua Lischke, 1870
English Name: Ambigua jewel box
Local/Bangla Name: Shokto chilon (শক্ত ছিলন)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Chamidae
Description:
The shell is medium-sized, thick, circular, and inequivalve. Left valve is large and deep, while the right valve is flattened. The periostracum is inconspicuous. The ligament is external. The hinge is thick and has large with curved teeth. Inside of the shell is porcelaneous with two large, subequal, dorsoventrally elongate adductor muscle scars. There is no pallial sinus. The inner margin is finely crenulated. The color of the shell is outside creamy-white, and the interior is shiny white.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s 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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