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Scientific Name: Idiopoma dissimilis (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Synonym: Bellamya dissimilis (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Pond snail
Local/Bangla Name: গুলি শামুক( Guli shamuk)
Photo: Conchology
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Viviparidae
Description:
The shell is relatively small and has an ovate, conical shape. The spire is tall and bulging, with a distinct, deep suture. The body whorl is fine and may have either a slightly raised ridge or wide, faint spiral bands. The operculum, a structure used for closing the shell’s opening, is thicker, and the muscular scar is well-developed. In adult specimens, the mantle’s edge is smooth.The shell is primarily blackish-brown with yellowish-brown markings. The aperture (the shell’s opening) is often black, and the columella (the inner part of the aperture) appears bluish-white with clouded black areas, while the opercular nucleus is white.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Usually occurs in the littoral zone of ponds and streams throughout the year, but in the rainy season it moves in temporary water bodies, irrigated paddy fields and canals. Abundant in almost all the districts of Bangladesh.
Environment:
freshwater