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Scientific Name: Mancinella echinata (Blainville, 1832)
Synonym: Thais echinata (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Blainville’s spiny rock-shell, Prickly Rock-shell, Spine Thaid, Prickly Purpura, Prickly Purple. .
Local/Bangla Name: Choto Kata Shamuk ( ছোট কাঁটা শামুক)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Description:
Shell medium, solid and thick, ovate with prominent pointed nodules. Spire moderately high, sculptured with nodules and fine spiral threads between them. Body whorl rather large, sculptured with 4 rows of spiral nodules, shoulder nodules much larger than others. Siphonal canal notched, thickened, spiny fasciole, consists of bands, – indicating the growth of the siphonal notch. Oval aperture and columella smooth; outer lip thick and strong with 7-8 teeth; inner lip bordered by a ridge. Colour: exterior creamy-grey to fawn or light brown, while interior and columella glossy white with yellow margin.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s and Nuniarchar (Cox’s Bazar) island
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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