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Shellfish, a group of invertebrates and aquatic organism, is covered by

chitinous or calcareous exoskeleton. Shell means an outer covering or layer
which is popularly known as “Khoalos” in Bengali. Shellfish belongs to two
major Phylum Arthropoda and Mollusca. In Bangladesh there are a wide range
of shellfishes have been found which comprises different groups such as,
Crustaceans (shrimp, prawn, lobster, crayfish, and crab) Molluscs (clam,

mussel, oyster and scallop), and others (squid, octopus and snails, sea urchins,
etc). A list of lobsters, crabs & clams species found in Bangladesh are given
here-