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Scientific Name: Pyrene flava (Bruguière, 1789)
English Name: Yellow dove shell
Local/Bangla Name: Gura shamuk (গুরা শামুক)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Description:
Shell small, up to 25 mm in height, elongately spindle-shaped, whorls evenly rounded, devoid of angular shoulder, sutures slightly impressed. Aperture moderately broad rather narrowed posteriorly, outer lip slightly thickened and denticulated within, columella with a thin deposit of callus. Surface smooth, but body whorl sculptured with fine spiral ridges at the base. Colour deep yellow with a subsutural spiral row of a few widely spaced, large white spots, aperture and columella whitish.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
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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