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Scientific Name: Distorsio reticularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
English Name: Reticulate Distorsio, reticulate triton
Local/Bangla Name: Khora shamuk ( খোড়া শামুক)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Personidae
Description:
Shell moderately large, smaller than in the preceding species, up to 50 mm length, whorls and shape not as irregular as in the preceding species. Aperture narrow and small, outer lip flattened, with ten, very small teeth on the outer edge and inner teeth at the end of the ridges crossing the lip, columella with thin parietal callus, long, strong plications on the basal part. Sculptured with spiral cords crossed by axial ribs forming sharp nodules at the intersections, often with a varix on the body whorl. Cream coloured, but teeth and aperture interior white.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s island and the deep sea
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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