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Scientific Name: Phalium areola (Linnaeus, 1758)
English Name: Checkerboard bonnet, Helmet shell, Draught board helmet, Variced helmet
Local/Bangla Name: Hatirmatha shamuk (হাতিরমাথা শামুক)
Labcode: M1706SM-33
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cassidae
Description:
Shell large, whorls not angulated, spire sharply pointed. Outer lip thick and recurved, broader especially towards the base, with 22 widely separated teeth, lower half of columella and parietal shield with irregular coarse, spiral ridges, anterior canal deep and slightly deflected to the left. Spire and shoulder of penultimate whorl cancellate, without any nodes, body whorl smooth and glossy with a well-developed varix. Colour white with 5 rows of rhomboidal brown spots and outer edge of shield with pink-brown tinge.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Nuniarchar inCox’s Bazar and in St. Martin’s Island
Environment:
Marine
Main References:
Hossain MS, Sharifuzzaman SM, Chowdhury SR, Chowdhury MSN, Sarkar S, Islam MR, Talukder A (2014) Sea Shells of Bangladesh: Marine Gastropod and Bivalve Molluscs Biodiversity.1-44pp
Other References:
Antu DR, Islam TT, Ahmed MR, Ahmed S, Datta SK, Ahmed MS (2023) Diversity of Bivalves and Gastropods in Sonadia Island, Bangladesh. Bioresearch Communications-(BRC), 9(01), 1225-1236. https://doi.org/10.3329/brc.v9i1.63603
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