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Scientific Name: Turritella columnaris Kiener, 1843
English Name: screw shell
Local/Bangla Name: Lomba leza (লম্বা ল্যাজা)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Caenogastropoda
Family: Turritellidae
Description:
The shell is substantial in size, elongated, lanceolate, and robust, comprising 13-15 rounded whorls. The apex is sharp, and the suture is deeply indented without much inflation, while the base is prominently angular. It is adorned with two prominent spiral ridges on the initial whorls, and the rest of the surface has somewhat indistinct granular patterns, featuring approximately 10 consistent spiral ridges. In terms of color, it has a yellowish-brown hue with vertical brown stripes and blotches
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s and Sonadia islands, Cox’s Bazar and the Sundarbans area
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.
Other References:
Antu DR, Islam TT, Ahmed MR, Ahmed S, Datta SK, Ahmed MS (2023) Diversity of Bivalves and Gastropods in Sonadia Island, Bangladesh. Bioresearch Communications-(BRC), 9(01), 1225-1236. https://doi.org/10.3329/brc.v9i1.63603
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