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Scientific Name: Oliva tricolor Lamarck, 1811
English Name: Tricolor olive
Local/Bangla Name: Bukchira (বুকচিরা), Kola koyre (কলা করি)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Description:
Shell thick, cylindrical and slightly inflated centrally. Spire short and apex pointed; 3 whorls; channeled suture. Body whorl large and inflated. Aperture elongate; outer lip thick; inner lip dentate; columella with 3 prominent folds. Colour: exterior profusely creamy with blue-green and golden spots and deep blue-green or two blue- brown spiral bands below the suture and middle of the body whorl. Aperture, lips and columella white.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s island and near 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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