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Scientific Name: Otopleura auriscati (Holten, 1802)
English Name: Cat’s ear otopleura
Photo: (GBIF)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Pteropoda
Family: Pyramidellidae
Description:
The shell is petite and robust, taking on an elongated oval shape, with whorls that are rounded and distinctly stepped at the sutures. The surface is adorned with numerous angular ridges and rounded nodules located just beneath the sutures. Its exterior is creamy-white and decorated with dark reddish-brown spots, while the aperture and columella are white. The apex is pointed, and the aperture is elongated. The columella is flattened and has three folds, and there is no umbilicus, but an anterior siphonal channel is present
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Nuniarchar (Cox’s Bazar) and 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.
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