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Scientific Name: Plicatula plicata (Linnaeus, 1764)
English Name: Plicate kittens paw
Local/Bangla Name: Chhoto chilon (ছোট্ট ছিলন)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Family: Plicatulidae
Description:
Shell small, inflated dorsally, irregularly triangular; inequivalve, usually right valve more convex, inequilateral. Ears lacking, ventral margins crenulated. Six radial folds distinct on the exterior ventral side. Ligament internal. Two prominent cardinal teeth with long, narrow chondrophore on the hinges. A large muscle scar towards posterior. Colour: outside of shell creamy-white with red blotches; interior glossy white with hazel muscle scar and submetallic hue on the ventral margin.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s Island
Environment:
Marine ,benthic,subTropical
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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