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Scientific Name: Turritella terebra (Linnaeus, 1758)
English Name: screw turret, auger screw shell, great 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, sizeable, and sturdy, featuring an exceptionally long and tapered spire, along with 24 or more rounded whorls and a distinct suture. Each whorl exhibits around six pronounced spiral ridges with delicate spiral lines in between, intersected by fine, vertical growth lines. On the base, there are four spiral ridges. The aperture is round, the columella is straight, and the outer lip edge is thin. The color of both the exterior and interior of the shell ranges from light to dark brown.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sonadia and St. Martin’s islands
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:
Hossain MS, Sharifuzzaman SM, Chowdhury SR, Chowdhury MSN, Sarkar S, Islam MR and Talukder A (2014) Sea Shells of Bangladesh: Marine Gastropod and Bivalve Molluscs Biodiversity.1-44pp
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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