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Scientific Name: Echinolittorina pascua (Rosewater, 1970)
Synonym: Nodilittorina trochoides (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Topped prickly, Trochoidal rock winkle
Local/Bangla Name: Gota shamuk (গোটা শামুক)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Littorinidae
Description:
Small shell, thick, hill-shaped,flattened base, adjacent to the columellar callus. Sculptured with spiral rows of white nodules, on each spiral whorl, two rows on the body whorl; additional spiral cords present in the interspaces.Colour: bluish-grey with white nodules; smooth brown columella, aperture dark reddish-brown with a narrow yellowish-white band at the base of the columella.
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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