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Scientific Name: Scissileda nicobarica (Bruguière, 1789)
Synonym: Yoldia Nicobarica (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Nicobar Yoldia, Nicobar Nut Clam
Local/Bangla Name: Kan chilon/Zhinuk (কান ছিলন/ঝিনুক)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Nuculanida
Family: Yoldiidae
Description:
Shell small to medium, ovate, sub-equilateral, roughly triangular; posterior side attenuated, dorsal acuminate, sculptured with fine concentric growth lines; ligament partially internal, hinge with two rows of tiny teeth, anterior with 18 teeth and longer posterior side with 20 teeth. Inside slightly nacreous with smooth margin, usually with pallial sinus. Periostracum thin, glossy. Colour: greenish to yellowish-brown. Size: average valve length, height and thickness
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Teknaf and Sonadia
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.
Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
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