Scientific Name: Erronea caurica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonym: Cypraea caurica (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Dragon cowrie
Local/Bangla Name: Dragon koyre (ড্রাগন কড়ি)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Description:
Shell is relatively tiny, solid, shiny, and ovate-elongate with no tubercles on the lateral borders. siphonal canal with a deep, narrow opening. Teeth are vivid purple, and the dorsum is pale pink-brown with four dark stripes.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sonadia and 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 and Rahman MM (2007) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 17. Molluscs. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka 415 pp.
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