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Scientific Name: Gafrarium pectinatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
English Name: Comb venus, Pectinate venus
Local/Bangla Name: Zhinuk (ঝিনুক)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Description:
Shell thick, solid, oblong-ovate, medium-sized and relatively compressed; elliptical- ovate in outline, distinctly longer than high with thick umbones towards the anterior part, low and rounded. Escutcheon very long and narrow. Outer sculpture rather coarse, with strong, nodulous radial riblets. Radial ribs of the posterior slope strongly diverging and somewhat recurved in the dorsal direction, with moderately wide interstices. Strong hinge plate with 3 cardinal teeth at each valve; anterolateral teeth well developed. Narrow heart- shaped lunule. Inner margin crenulated. Colour: exterior off-white to buff, generally with brown blotches or spots upon the radial ribs. Internally porcelaneous-white with purplish-brown blotches in umbonal, ligament stained with violet.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coast of Cox’s Bazarr and Teknaf
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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