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Scientific Name: Mactra maculata Gmelin,1791
English Name: Maculated troughshell
Local/Bangla Name: Not known
Labcode: MB1904SD-78
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Mactridae
Description:
Shell solid, ovately trigonal, with Shell solid, ovately trigonal, with inflated umbones. Dorsal margin strongly sloping on either side of the umbo. Anterior margin of shell rounded, posterior obtusely truncate. Exterior smoothish with fine concentric groove lines. Thin and adherent periostracum. Cardinal and lateral hinge teeth distinct. Pallial sinus shallow and widely open. Adductor muscle scars subequal. Colour: outside yellowish with irregular brownish patches all over. Inside porcelaneous- white.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s Island
Environment:
Marine, Benthic, Tropical
Other References:
Brishti PS (2020) Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Marine Bivalves (Mollusca:Bivalvia)from Sonadia Island, Bangladesh,MSc Thesis,Department of Zoology,Jahangirnagar University
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
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Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
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