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Scientific Name: Neritina smithii (W. Wood, 1828)
Synonym: Vittina smithii (W. Wood, 1828) (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Cherry snail
Local/Bangla Name: (দাগা শামুক) Daga shamuk
Photo: Neritopsine Gastropods
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae
Description:
The color of the shell is either white or a muted brown, featuring black longitudinal lines and interrupted patterns that are wavy and closely spaced. The shell itself is solid and oval, with prominent black undulating lines and bands, occasionally exhibiting fine, wavy, and closely set black lines. The aperture is broad, and the columellar callus is small and smooth. The operculum is semi-lunar in shape.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
This species is primarily a brackish water species occasionally extending into freshwaters. Also found in the crevices of mud or under surface of bricks, on mangrove roots and trunks.
Environment:
freshwater, brakishwater