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Scientific Name: Globivenus toreuma (Gould, 1850)
Synonym: venus toreuma (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Embossed venus
Local/Bangla Name: Kouta chilon (কৌটা ছিলন)
Labcode: MB1810SM-28, MB1810SM-49
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Description:
The shell is medium-sized, solid, thick, inflated, spherical and ovate. The outer surface is beade and has concentric cords. The inner margin is minutely crenulated. The umbo is bent. The lunule and escutcheon are well developed. The hinge has 3 cardinal teeth without lateral teeth.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sonadia Island and the Teknaf sea beach
Environment:
Marine
Other 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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