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Scientific Name: Pitar citrinus (Lamarck, 1818)
English Name: Yellow pitar venus
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known
Labcode: MB1904SD-06, MB1904SD-07, MB1904SD-08, MB1904SD-09, MB1904SD-10, MB1904SD-15, MB1904SD-16, MB1904SD-17, MB1904SD-18, MB1904SD-22, MB1904SD-23, MB1904SD-24, MB1904SD-38, MB1904SD-39, MB1904SD-40
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Description:
Shell of medium size, 39 mm length, and 31 mm height, thick, tumid and ovately elongate. Lunule indistinct. Anterior end narrowly rounded and the posterior end rounded and somewhat truncated. Umbones prominent, anteriorly placed and touching each other. Surface smooth, pale brown with concentric growth striae. Adductor scars almost of same size; anterior one elongate ending in a narrow tip, posterior one rounded and purple coloured.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Kutubdia, Maheskhali and Sonadia Island
Environment:
Marine, Benthic ,Tropical
Main References:
New record by ABR Lab
Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
IUCN conservation status:
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