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Scientific Name: Luria lurida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonym: Cypraea lurida (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Lurid cowrie, Fallow cowrie
Local/Bangla Name: Tela koyre (তেলা কড়ি)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Description:
The shell is medium to large, light in weight, oval-shaped, glossy, and elongated. The aperture (opening) is long and narrow, slightly curved at the posterior end (the back of the shell), and has a deep siphonal canal (the tube that leads to the animal’s body). The body color is fawn-brown with three dark bands and two dark brown spots at each end. There is a pink-red tinge at each end of the aperture. The base and teeth are white.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Cox’s Bazar, St. Martin’s Island and Chittagong region
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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