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Scientific Name: Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus, 1758)
English Name: Asiatic hard clam
Local/Bangla Name: Chilon/Zhinuk (ছিলন/ঝিনুক)
Labcode: MB1904SD-21
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Description:
Shape and color highly variable which leads to description of several varieties. Shell large, heavy, thick, ventricose; umbo pointed, elevated and slightly anterior in position; anterior margin rounded, ventral margin convex, posterior margin angulated; sculpture with concentric growth lines, anterior adductor scar elongately ovate, posterior adductor scar broader posteriorly and pointed anteriorly; pallial sinus shallow. Posterior lateral teeth in the left valve and corresponding depr1ession in the right valve are finely denticulate or striate.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coastal areas of Teknaf, Maheshkhali and the Sundarbans
Environment:
Marine, Benthic, Tropical
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.
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
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
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