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Scientific Name: Vexillum acupictum (Reeve, 1845)
English Name: Pinpricked Miter
Local/Bangla Name: Mutra leza (মুত্রা ল্যাজা)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Costellariidae
Description:
Shell small, solid and elongate. Spire large, 4-5 whorls with clear sutures. Apex sharp but not so much pointed. Body whorl small, depressed and inflated; body surface sculptured by numerous axial ribs. Aperture small, narrow; outer lip thick with a few obscure denticles inside the lip; inner lip with 4 distinct and strong denticles; siphonal canal broad and expanded; columella calloused. Anterior spiral grooves obscure. Dark brown to brown body surface; single white band over sutures and on the middle of the body whorl. Aperture and columella light creamy to reddish
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.
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