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Family: Potamididae swamp-ceriths and horn shells



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32 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 4 cm ShH
 
Batillaria multiformis
[]
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Cerithidea californica
[California hornsnail]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 4.5 cm SHL
Cerithidea cingulata(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cerithidea cingulata
[Girdled horn shell]
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Max. Length 2.1 cm DL
 
Cerithidea costata
[Costate hornsnail]
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Max. Length 3.6 cm SHH
 
Cerithidea decollata
[Truncated mangrove snail]
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Cerithidea fuscata
[]
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Cerithidea hegewischii
[]
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Cerithidea largillierti
[]
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Cerithidea moerchii
[]
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Cerithidea montagnei
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm SHL
Cerithidea obtusa(Lamarck, 1822)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cerithidea obtusa
[Obtuse horn shell]
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Cerithidea ornata
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Max. Length 2.7 cm NG
 
Cerithidea pliculosa
[Plicate hornsnail]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 5.5 cm SHL
Cerithidea quadrataSowerby, 1866

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cerithidea quadrata
[Quadrate horn shell]
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Max. Length 3 cm TL
 
Cerithidea rhizophorarum
[]
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Max. Length 3 cm DL
 
Cerithidea scalariformis
[Ladder hornsnail]
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Cerithidea sinensis
[]
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Cerithidea tonkiniana
[]
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Cerithidea valida
[]
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Cerithideopsilla microptera
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No picture found
 
Pirenella alata
[]
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Pirenella asiatica
[]
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Pirenella conica
[]
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Pirenella incisa
[]
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Pirenella nanhaiensis
[]
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Pirenella pupiformis
[]
No picture found
 
Royella sinon
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 13 cm SHL
Telescopium telescopium(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Telescopium telescopium
[Telescope snail]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 19 cm SHL
Terebralia palustris(Linnaeus, 1767)

Photo by FAO
 
Terebralia palustris
[Mud creeper]
No picture found
 
Terebralia semistriata
[Mangrove snail]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 6.5 cm SHL
Terebralia sulcata(Born, 1778)

Photo by FAO
 
Terebralia sulcata
[Sulcate swamp cerith]
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Tympanotonos fuscatus
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