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Scientific Name: Cryptospira ventricosa (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)

Synonym: Marginella ventricosa (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Broad marginella
Local/Bangla Name: Moth koyre (মথ করি)
Broad marginella - Moth koyre (মথ করি) - Cryptospira ventricosa - Type: Sea_snails

Photo: GBIF

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Description:
Shell small, up to 20 mm in height, ovate, solid, spire rather exerted, whorls roundly convex at the upper part. Outer lip thickened with callus and reflected, columella with five distinct plaits at the anterior half, surface smooth, light yellowish-brown.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s island and in nearby areas
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 and Rahman MM (2007) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 17. Molluscs. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka 415 pp.

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