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Scientific Name: Tectonatica violacea (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Synonym: Natica violacea (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Violet moon snail
Local/Bangla Name: Beguni pat shamuk (বেগুনি প্যাট শামুক)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Description:
Small solid, globose shell, spire short and suture impressed. Umbilicus mostly covered by partial callus. Large aperture, outer lip expanded from the body; short columella; siphonal canal minute or absent. Surface white with irregular rows of orange-brown spots, sometimes there seem to be wavy lines on the body whorl. One spiral row of ultimate whorl. Columellar folds, base and inner lip rosy-violet; outer-lip white.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Nuniarchar and Sonadia Island in Cox’s Bazar 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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