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Scientific Name: Spondylus squamosus Schreibes,1793
English Name: Ducal throny oyster,Brown striped throny oyster
Local/Bangla Name: Kata Jhinuk (কাটা ঝিনুক)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Family: Spondylidae
Description:
Shell thin, medium, variable in shape, roughly rounded, ovate to elongate-ovate, inequivalve, cardinal area well-developed. Valve exterior with low radial undulations forming a series of rather broad ribs bearing short flattened spines. Interstices of the main ribs broad and radially ridged. Crenulations of internal margins correspond with the outer radial sculpture; 8-12 spinose ribs on right valves, and 5-8 on left valve. Bifid hinge teeth on right valve. Umbones irregular. Colour: exterior white to cream with a few purple to blackish-brown
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s Island and Sonadia Island
Environment:
Marine, Benthic, Tropical
Other References:
Siddiqui KU, Islam MA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M and Rahman MM (2007) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 17. Molluscs. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka 415 pp.
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