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Scientific Name: Glycymeris reevei (Mayer, 1868)
English Name: Reeves bittersweet
Local/Bangla Name: Kouta chilon (কৌটা ছিলন)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Glycymerididae
Description:
Shell is medium-sized and rounded-subquadrate in outline. Periostracum is velvety, meaning the outer covering of the shell is soft and has a velvety texture. Inner surface is crenulated. Hinge has broad plates. Exterior is brown, with irregular whitish flecks on the umbones and posterior third of valves. The umbones are the pointed ends of the shell, and the posterior third of the valves is the back third of the shell. Inside of the shell is white with a purplish-brown tint in the back.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sonadia island and Teknaf beach area
Environment:
Marine, Benthic, Tropical
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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