Potamididae (swamp-ceriths and horn shells) |
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benthic; brackish; marine; depth range 15 - 40 m |
Western Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. |
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Intertidal lagoon, on mudflats. Favors soft mud and may sometimes climb mangrove pneumatophores or shelter under loose flaps of the black mats of cyanobacteria in the uppermost intertidal zone (Ref. 101158). Detritus feeder (Ref. 115396). Scraper herbivore (Ref. 115397). |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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harmless |
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