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Scientific Name: Mytilus edulis Linnaeus,1758
English Name: Blue mussel/Green Lipped Mussel
Local/Bangla Name: Kalo chilon (কালো ছিলন)
Labcode: MB1912SD-21
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Mytilida
Family: Mytilidae
Description:
The shell is a solid, triangular-shaped shell with beaks at the apex, a straight anterior margin, a well-rounded posterior margin, a long ligament with fine teeth, a small anterior adductor scar, and a wide pallial line. The color of the shell is purple-brown or blue to bluish-black.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Maheshkhali and Sonadia island
Environment:
Benthic,brackish,temperate
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:
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