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Scientific Name: Nassaria pusilla (Röding, 1798)
English Name: White phos
Local/Bangla Name: Chotogota shamuk (ছোটগোটা শামুক)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Description:
Shell small, up to 20 mm in height, solid, spire elevated, protoconch smooth, 1½ whorl. body whorl of same height as the spire. Aperture small, with strong lirations on the interior, outer lip finely dentate, columella lirate, anterior canal slightly elongate. Strong axial ribs crossed by spiral cords forming nodules at inter sections. Colour uniformly creamish with white aperture.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s and Nuniarchar in Cox’s Bazar
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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