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Scientific Name: Mactra turgida Gmelin, 1791
English Name: Turgid mactra
Local/Bangla Name: Shokto chilon (শক্ত ছিলন)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Mactridae
Description:
Medium to large, thick shell, ovately triangulate; elevated umbo. Dorsal margin strongly sloping on either side of the umbo; anterior margin rounded, posterior truncated. Outside of the shell shiny, smooth, with very fine concentric growth lines. Cardinal teeth well developed. Subequal muscle scars joined by a thin pallial line; a large rounded pallial sinus longer than high. Colour: outside creamy-white with pinkish-violet radial bands. Inside porcelaneous-white.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sonadia Island
Environment:
Marine,intertidal
Other References:
Siddiqui KU, Islam MA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M and Rahman MM (2007) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 17. Molluscs. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka 415 pp.
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