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Scientific Name: Drupella margariticola (Broderip, 1833)
Synonym: Morula margariticola (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Shouldered castor bean, Shouldered drupe
Local/Bangla Name: Gota shamuk (গোট শামুক)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Description:
Shell small, solid, tall. Spire long with 3 to 4 nodules per whorl; suture indistinct. Apex pointed. Body whorl medium, shoulder angular, contains moderately sharp 4 rows of spiral cords and broad axial ribs. Aperture elongate with 2 nodules; outer lip thin, solid and contains 4 to 5 small teeth at the inner edge; inner lip and columella smooth; anterior siphonal canal deep, broad and distinct. Colour: exterior dark brown, light brown between ridges. Aperture, columella and lips bluish- white.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s 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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