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Scientific Name: Modiolus auriculatus Krauss, 1848
English Name: Eared horse mussel/Winged mussel
Local/Bangla Name: Kala jhinuk (কালা ঝিনুক)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Mytilida
Family: Mytilidae
Description:
Shell is equivalve, inequilateral, and moderately large. It is modioliform. The ligament and dorsal margins are distinct. Both margins are parallel and the sculpture is smooth with concentric striae, which are lines that circle the shell. Radiating ridges are prominent on half of the body surface. The anterior margin of the valves is short, and it does not extend forward beyond the umbones. The posterior margin is raised into an ear-like hump, which is set off by a broad and rounded keel that radiates towards the postero-ventral end of the valves. The periostracum, which is a thin layer of skin that covers the shell, has hairs. The exterior of the shell is brown to olive-brown.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s Island, Cox’s Bazar and the Mongla port area
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.
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