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Scientific Name: Sinum delessertii (Récluz in Chenu, 1843)
English Name: Delesserti’s Ear Moon, Body Ear shell
Local/Bangla Name: Bilai chok shamuk (বিলাই চোখ শামুক), Kala pat shamuk (কালা প্যাট শামুক)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Description:
Shell small, ear-shaped, with a low and suppressed spire. Aperture large and elongate, parietal callus thin and obscures the umbilicus. Sculptured with evenly spaced, coarse spiral threads crossed by axial growth striae. Colour reddish-brown with subsutural white area on the shoulder of the body whorl, aperture and callus white. Operculum corneous.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Nuniarchar (Cox’s Bazar) and Sonadia Islands in Cox’s Bazar district and 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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