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Scientific Name: Spondylus limbatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1847
Synonym: Spondylus calcifer (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Giant pacific rock oyster/Lime carrier
Local/Bangla Name: Kata Jhinuk (কাটা ঝিনুক)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Family: Spondylidae
Description:
Shell small. thin, irregular. nequivalve, right valve more convex. Outer surface Sculptured by fine growth lines and spiny radial ribs.Lacks hinge teeth. Large adductor muscle scar in the centre of the valve. Other characteristics similar to those of other two species. Colour: outer surface usually red, sometimes orange and purple. Interior whitish but margin brown and purple.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s Island and Sonadia 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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