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Scientific Name: Vexilla vexillum (Gmelin, 1791)
English Name: Vexillate jopas, Vexillum shell
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Description:
Shell small, up to 24 mm in length, ovate, spire short and acute, consists of three rounded whorls, body whorl large and oblong. Aperture long and narrow, outer lip with thirteen denticles, columella smooth, calloused, twisted. Surface without any sculpture. Colour yellowish brown with dark brown spiral bands numbering two to three on spire whorls and eight on the body whorl.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
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.
Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
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