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Scientific Name: Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
Synonym: Crassostrea gigas (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Giant Cupped Oyster/Giant Oyster/Giant Pacific Oyster
Local/Bangla Name: Kostura (কস্তুরা)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreida
Family: Ostreidae
Description:
The shell is inequivalve, inequilateral, and solid. The shape of the shell depends on the substrate. On hard substrata, the shell is elongate with extensive fluting. On soft substrata, the shell is ovate and smooth. On mini-reefs, the shell is solid with irregular margins. The shells are sculpted with large, irregular, rounded, radial folds by the concentric lamellae.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Katka and Mandarbaria in the Sundarban area
Environment:
Benthic,Brackish Subtropical
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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