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Scientific Name: Mactra abbreviata Lamarck, 1818
English Name: Not known
Local/Bangla Name: Not known
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Mactridae
Description:
The shells are rather solid, white, or white variegated with purple, with numerous concentric wrinkles, which are more distinct nearer the margin, the umbones, covered with a thin pale periostraca, nearly smooth and polished, with a small purple spot, the inside white, with the disc and posterior slope purple, the anterior and posterior slopes distinct, the lunule and escutcheon deeply and distinctly sulcated.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s Island
Environment:
Marine
Main References:
Hossain MS, Sharifuzzaman SM, Chowdhury SR, Chowdhury MSN, Sarkar S, Islam MR, Talukder A (2014) Sea Shells of Bangladesh: Marine Gastropod and Bivalve Molluscs Biodiversity.1-44pp
Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
IUCN conservation status:
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