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Scientific Name: Coralliophila erosa (Röding, 1798)
English Name: South seas coral shell
Local/Bangla Name: Choto tikka shamuk (ছোট টিক্কা শামুক)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Description:
Shell of medium size, pointed at both ends, very much inflated in the middle giving a deformed-look, body whorl angulated at the centre, columella smooth, with callus at the lower half, umbilicus either open or closed, siphonal canal stunted and shallow. Sculptured with slightly broad axial ribs becoming obsolete near suture and crossed by numerous, close-set, scabrous spiral cords. Colour dirty white, aperture white.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s island and occasionally in Sonadia island
Environment:
Marine
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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