Scientific Name: Conus vexillum (Gmelin, 1791)
English Name: Vexillum cone, flag cone
Local/Bangla Name: lal angkti (লাল আংটি)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Conidae
Description:
The shell is sizeable, dense, and has a wide conical shape. Its spire is relatively flat, with somewhat grooved whorls. The whorls display spiral ridges, and the body whorl has a distinct shoulder and faint vertical growth lines. The aperture is narrow and elongated. The shell has a glossy orange-brown surface with two whitish bands: one below the suture and another in the middle of the body whorl, while the aperture remains white.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Kutubdia, Maheskhali and Sonadia Island
Environment:
Marine
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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