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Family: Ellobiidae cassidula and pythia snails



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111 species (see list below)
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Allochroa bronni
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Allochroa layardi
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Auriculastra duplicata
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Auriculastra elongata
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Auriculastra incrassata
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Auriculastra saccata
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Max. Length 2 cm SHL
 
Auriculastra subula
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Auriculinella bidentata
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Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Blauneria heteroclita
[Left-hand melampus]
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Cassidula angulifera
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Pacific

Cassidula aurisfelis(Bruguière, 1792)

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Cassidula aurisfelis
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Cassidula doliolum
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Cassidula labrella
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Cassidula nucleus
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Cassidula philippinarum
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Cassidula plecotrematoides
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Cassidula rugata
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Cassidula schmackeriana
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Cassidula sowerbyana
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Cassidula vespertilionis
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Cassidula zonata
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Creedonia succinea
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Cylindrotis quadrasi
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FAO

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 6 cm ShH
Ellobium aurisjudae(Linnaeus, 1758)

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Ellobium aurisjudae
[Judas ear crassidula]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 10 cm SHL
Ellobium aurismidae(Linnaeus, 1758)

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Ellobium aurismidae
[Midas ear crassidula]
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Ellobium chinense
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Max. Length 2.7 cm DL
 
Ellobium dominicense
[White melampus]
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Ellobium semisculptum
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Laemodonta bella
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Laemodonta clausa
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Laemodonta cubensis
[Cuba dwarf pedipes]
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Laemodonta exaratoides
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Laemodonta livida
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Laemodonta madagascariensis
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Laemodonta minuta
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Laemodonta monilifera
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Laemodonta oblonga
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Laemodonta octanfracta
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Laemodonta punctigera
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Laemodonta siamensis
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Laemodonta striata
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Laemodonta typica
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Leuconopsis inermis
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL
 
Leuconopsis manningi
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Leuconopsis novimundi
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Leuconopsis pacifica
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Leuconopsis pellucidus
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Leuconopsis rapanuiensis
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Marinula parva
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Marinula pepita
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Marinula xanthostoma
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Melampus adamsianus
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Melampus albus
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Max. Length 2 cm NG
 
Melampus bidentatus
[Eastern melampus]
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Max. Length 1.5 cm DL
 
Melampus bullaoides
[Bubble melampus]

Coltro, Marcus

Southwest Pacific and Eas

Melampus castaneusMühlfeld, 1818

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Melampus castaneus
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Max. Length 2.3 cm NG
 
Melampus coffea
[Coffee melampus]
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Melampus cristatus
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Melampus edentulus
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Melampus exaratus
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Melampus fasciatus
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Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

Pacific Ocean and Western

Melampus flavus(Gmelin, 1849)

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Melampus flavus
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Melampus flexuosus
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Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
 
Melampus floridanus
[Florida melampus]
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Melampus liberianus
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Melampus lividus
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Melampus luteus
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Melampus massauensis
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Max. Length 1.6 cm NG
 
Melampus monile
[Caribbean melampus]
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Max. Length 1.8 cm DL
 
Melampus morrisoni
[Clark's Melampus]
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Melampus nucleolus
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Melampus olivaceus
[California melampus]
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Melampus ovuloides
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Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Melampus paranus
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Melampus parvulus
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Melampus pascus
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Melampus sincaporensis
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Melampus striatus
[Land snail]
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Melampus triticeus
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Micromelampus siamensis
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Microtralia insularis
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Microtralia lucida
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Microtralia occidentalis
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Microtralia ovulum
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Myosotella denticulata
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Max. Length 1.2 cm DL
 
Myosotella myosotis
[Mouse-eared snail]
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Ophicardelus ornatus
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Ophicardelus quoyi
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Ophicardelus sulcatus
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Ovatella aequalis
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Ovatella firminii
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Ovatella vulcani
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Pedipes affinis
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Pedipes amplicatus
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Pedipes angulatus
[Angular pedipes]
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Pedipes bodomoli
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Pedipes jouani
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Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Pedipes mirabilis
[Miraculous pedipes]
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Max. Length 0.4 cm NG
 
Pedipes ovalis
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Pedipes unisulcatus
[One-groove pedipes]
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Phytia myosotis
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Pleuroloba quoyi
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Pseudomelampus exiguus
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Pythia cecillii
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Pythia imperforata
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Pythia pantherina
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Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 3.5 cm SHL
Pythia scarabaeus(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Pythia scarabaeus
[Common pythia]
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Pythia trigona
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Tralia costata
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Max. Length 1.6 cm NG
 
Tralia ovula
[Egg melampus]
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Tralia sculpta
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