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Scientific Name: Tegillarca nodifera (E. von Martens, 1860)
Synonym: Anadara nodifera (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Nodular ark
Local/Bangla Name: Daitta chilon (দৈত্য ছিলন)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Arcidae
Description:
The body is oblong ovate. Periostracum is smooth and thin, meaning the outer covering of the shell is smooth and not thick. Ligament is external, meaning it is located on the outside of the shell.
There are two subequal adductor muscle scars, which are the scars left by the muscles that close the shell. Pallial line is without a sinus, which is a groove in the pallial line.
There is no byssal gape, which means there is no opening in the shell for the byssus, a thread-like organ that some bivalves use to attach themselves to surfaces
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, Rahman MM (2007) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 17. Molluscs. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka 415 pp.
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
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