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Scientific Name: Tapes literatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
English Name: Spotted Venus/Lettered Venus
Local/Bangla Name: Chilon (ছিলন)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Description:
The shell is thin, elongate, laterally compressed, and ovate-rhomboidal. This means that it is not thick, it is long and narrow, it is wider than it is tall, and it is oval-shaped with a pointed end at each end. The hinge is narrow, meaning that it is not wide. It has 3 cardinal teeth in each valve, but no lateral tooth. The posterior cardinal tooth of the right valve is separated by a gap from the median cardinal tooth. The pallial sinus is well-developed, meaning that it is deep and wide. The dorsal side of the pallial line is bordered by small scars. The internal margins are smooth, meaning that they do not have any bumps or ridges.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sonadia Island
Environment:
Marine, Benthic, Tropical
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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