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Scientific Name: Purpura bufo Lamarck, 1822
Synonym: Thais bufo (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Toad purpura, Alou rock shell
Local/Bangla Name: Kata shamuk (কাঁটা শামুক)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Description:
Shell moderately large, solid, heavy and globose. Spire low with 4 whorls, each whorl armed with a series of erect, pointed, spirally arranged nodules; suture obscure. Body whorl large, shoulder with 10 to 12 low tubercles. Whole body with numerous blunt longitudinal spiral cords. Aperture large, ovate, outer and inner lips smooth; columella with folds; anterior siphonal canal deep, distinct and broad. Colour: surface light brownish with brown axial lines; aperture greyish-white; columellar lip reddish brown
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s and Nuniarchar in Cox’s Bazar
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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