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Scientific Name: Ctena bella (Conrad, 1837)
Synonym: Epicodakia bella (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Divergent Lucina
Local/Bangla Name: Shada Chilon (সাদা ছিলন)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Lucinida
Family: Lucinidae
Description:
The shell is thick and compressed . It is nearly circular in outline. It has broad, flattened, strong radial ribs that often distinctly divide into two and obliquely diverge towards both the anterior and posterior ends. The umbones are small and moderately pointed, directed anteriorly. The lunule is small. The anterior and posterior muscle scars are distinct with the anterior muscle scar being narrowly elongate and the posterior muscle scar being roundish. The pallial line is well developed. The pallial sinus is absent. The internal margins are finely crenulated.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sonadia Island in Cox’s Bazar
Environment:
Reef associated,Tropical,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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