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Scientific Name: Volachlamys tranquebaria (Gmelin, 1791)
English Name: Tranquebarica Scallop
Local/Bangla Name: Taj chilon (তাজ ছিলন)
Labcode: MB1904SD-59
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Family: Pectinidae
Description:
Small sized shell, solid, higher than long, rounded ovate in outline. Both valves convex subequal; inequivalve; ears almost the same size, anterior ear with a deep byssal notch and a ctenolium on the ventral side. Fairly inflated outer side with 20 rounded radial ribs on each valve. Interspaces about as broad as the radial ribs. Ears also ribbed. Interior shiny with low rounded radial ribs corresponding to the exterior sculpture.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sonadia, Cox’s Bazar and Teknaf beach area
Environment:
Marine
Other References:
Brishti PS (2020) Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Marine Bivalves (Mollusca:Bivalvia)from Sonadia Island, Bangladesh,MSc Thesis,Department of Zoology,Jahangirnagar University
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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