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Scientific Name: Coecella horsfieldii Gray, 1853
Synonym: Mesodesma aequilatera (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Clam
Local/Bangla Name: Not known
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Mesodesmatidae
Description:
Shell oblong, thin, equilateral and covered by yellowish brown periostracum over a white surface. Umbo in the center and the region around it is white. Surface almos smooth with indistinct growth striae. On the interior glossy white. Adductor scars almos of the same size, but anterior one elongate and the posterior one rounded. Pallial sinus slightly deep with rounded anterior end and runs almost parallel to the pallial line.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s Island
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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