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Scientific Name: Meretrix lyrata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)
English Name: Lyrate hard clam
Local/Bangla Name: Not known
Labcode: MB1904SD-03, MB1904SD-04, MB1904SD-05
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Description:
Shell thick, moderately inflated with a variable, inequilateral shape, subtrigonal in outline. Umbones anterior, poorly inflated, pointing on top of dorsal margin which is strongly sloping on both sides and longest posteriorly. Anterior and ventral margins rounded, posterior end of shell bluntly angled. Lunule and escutcheon areas smoothish and poorly distinct. Posterodorsal slope shallowly convex, bordered by a low fold radiating toward posteroventral end of valves. Outer surface of shell with incised
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s Island
Environment:
Marine, Benthic, Tropical
Main References:
Brishti PS (2020) Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Marine Bivalves (Mollusca:Bivalvia)from Sonadia Island, Bangladesh,MSc Thesis,Department of Zoology,Jahangirnagar University
Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
IUCN conservation status:
Other Information
