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Scientific Name: Volvarina angustata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1846)
Synonym: Marginella angustata (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Narrow marginella
Local/Bangla Name: Dagi koyre (দাগী করি)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mullusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Description:
Shell small, up to 20 mm in height, cylindrically ovate, spire flat and calloused. Aperture narrow, outer lip thickened and smooth. Columella with four oblique folds at the anterior end and the anterior-most smallest. Surface smooth, glossy, ash-white with grayish brown spiral bands crossed by bluish axial lines.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martin’s island and in nearby areas
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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