(Right now the "Previous" and "Next" doesn't maintain serial. We're working to getting it fixed,)
Scientific Name: Ctenoides scaber (Born, 1778)
Synonym: Lima scabra (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: File clam/Flame scallop/Rough file clam
Local/Bangla Name: Sada chilon (সাদা ছিলন)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Limida
Family: Limidae
Description:
The shell is small, rhomboidal, moderately convex, thin, and equivalve. The shell is ornamented with fine radial riblets, which are lines that radiate from the umbones, or the point at which the two valves of the shell meet. Hinge is edentulous, meaning that there are no teeth on the hinge. The ligament is internal. There is a large posterior adductor muscle scar, which is a scar on the inside of the shell where the main muscle that closes the shell attaches. The color of the outer surface of the shell is creamy-white, and the interior is shiny white.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sonadia island in Cox’s Bazar
Environment:
Marine, Benthic, Tropical
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.
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
IUCN conservation status:
Other Information
