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Scientific Name: Myurella nebulosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Synonym: Terebra nebulosa (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Red-cloud auger, Pencil or Auger Shells
Local/Bangla Name: Mutra Leza (মুত্রা ল্যাজা)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Description:
The shell is elongated, robust, and weighty, featuring a small, rectangular aperture. The outer lip is straight and narrows toward the upper part of the aperture. The columella is smooth and aligns with the lip at its base. The exterior of the shell displays 18-25 broad and closely spaced vertical ribs, with spiral grooves in the spaces between them. The suture is marked by punctate spiral grooves. The shell is predominantly white but is adorned with sizable, irregular blotches in purple-brown on each whorl, and there’s an orange band at the base of the body whorl.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s 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.
Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
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