| Family: |
Potamididae (swamp-ceriths and horn shells) |
| Max. size: |
6 cm SHL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthic; marine |
| Distribution: |
Indo-West Pacific: from Madagascar and India to eastern Indonesia; north to the Philippines and south to Australia. |
| Diagnosis: |
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| Biology: |
This species serves commonly as food in the Southeast Asia and Indonesia (Ref. 349). Common on mud tidal banks. Animals often concentrate in the wettest spots, when the mud bottom is partly dry at low tide. Occurs at the low tide mark (Ref. 349). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
| Country info: |
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