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Scientific Name: Nassa serta (Bruguière, 1789)
English Name: Wreath jopas, Garland shell, Garland thaid
Local/Bangla Name: Hul shamuk (হুল শামুক)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Description:
Shell moderately large, oblong ovate, solid, spire short, consists of five slightly rounded whorls. Aperture oblong, outer lip margin finely crenulated, interior smooth, inner lip smooth with a denticle on the posterior end, a strong parietal ridge at the posterior end, canal short and broad, anal sulcus bordered by ridges, small fasciole, Colour chestnut brown with a transverse row of irregular blotches on the middle of the body whorl, aperture interior cream, outer lip margin and columella brownish.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s island and in the Teknaf area
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.
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