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Scientific Name: Ficus variegata Röding, 1798
English Name: Variable/underlined fig shell
Local/Bangla Name: Chamus shamuk (চামুচ শামুক)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ficidae
Description:
Shell large, rounded, spire low and light weight. Body whorl flat and globose. Sutures not deep; quite distinct sculpture with small ribs. Aperture broad; both lips thin and smooth; outer lip . expanded from the inner lip; siphonal canal short, smooth and broad. Colour: body surface light brown with white bands (approximately 5) ornamented by large blotches. Aperture light violet and columella white.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s and Sonadia Islands
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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