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Scientific Name: Tellinota albinella (Lamarck, 1818)
English Name: Little white/Pink tellin
Local/Bangla Name: Kan chilon (কান ছিলন)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Family: Tellinidae
Description:
Shell small, ovate-trigonal, thin, slightly inequivalve; laterally compressed with a straight posterodorsal margin. Anterior side rounded, posterior beak-shaped. Strong fold from the umbones just below. Outer surface with numerous, regularly spaced fine concentric striae, slightly raised on the posterodorsal side. One anterior and 1 posterior lateral tooth on each valve, strong in the right valve. Anterior lateral tooth rather distant from the cardinal teeth. Large, deep pallial sinus. Colour: outside pale red and white, orange around the umbones; interior pale or similarly coloured.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Teknaf, Nuniarchar and Sonadia 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 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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