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Family: Potamididae swamp-ceriths and horn shells (See list of species below)

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27 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Batillaria multiformis []	Cerithidea cingulata [Girdled horn shell]	No picture found Cerithidea costata [Costate hornsnail]
No picture found Cerithidea decollata [Truncated mangrove snail]	No picture found Cerithidea largillierti []	No picture found Cerithidea moerchii []
Cerithidea obtusa [Obtuse horn shell]	No picture found Cerithidea ornata []	No picture found Cerithidea pliculosa [Plicate hornsnail]
Cerithidea quadrata [Quadrate horn shell]	No picture found Cerithidea rhizophorarum []	No picture found Cerithidea scalariformis [Ladder hornsnail]
No picture found Cerithidea sinensis []	No picture found Cerithidea tonkiniana []	No picture found Cerithideopsilla djadjariensis []
No picture found Cerithideopsilla microptera []	No picture found Pirenella asiatica []	No picture found Pirenella conica []
No picture found Pirenella incisa []	No picture found Pirenella nanhaiensis []	No picture found Pirenella pupiformis []
No picture found Royella sinon []	Telescopium telescopium [Telescope snail]	Terebralia palustris [Mud creeper]
No picture found Terebralia semistriata [Mangrove snail]	Terebralia sulcata [Sulcate swamp cerith]	No picture found Tympanotonos fuscatus []

27 Species of Family Potamididae
(swamp-ceriths and horn shells)

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Batillaria multiformis		Western Pacific	4 ShH
Cerithidea cingulata	Girdled horn shell	Indo-West Pacific	4.5 SHL
Cerithidea costata	Costate hornsnail	Western Central Atlantic.	2.1 DL
Cerithidea decollata	Truncated mangrove snail	Indian Ocean.	3.6 SHH
Cerithidea largillierti		Western Pacific
Cerithidea moerchii		Northwest Pacific
Cerithidea obtusa	Obtuse horn shell	Indo-West Pacific	6 SHL
Cerithidea ornata		Western Pacific. Tropica
Cerithidea pliculosa	Plicate hornsnail	Western Central Atlantic.	2.7 NG
Cerithidea quadrata	Quadrate horn shell	Indo-West Pacific	5.5 SHL
Cerithidea rhizophorarum		Western Pacific.	3 TL
Cerithidea scalariformis	Ladder hornsnail	Western Central Atlantic	3 DL
Cerithidea sinensis		Northwest Pacific
Cerithidea tonkiniana		Northwest Pacific
Cerithideopsilla djadjariensis		Western Pacific.
Cerithideopsilla microptera		Western Pacific. Tropica
Pirenella asiatica		Northwest Pacific
Pirenella conica		Western Indian Ocean and
Pirenella incisa		Northwest Pacific
Pirenella nanhaiensis		Northwest Pacific
Pirenella pupiformis		Northwest Pacific
Royella sinon		Indo-Pacific and the Medi
Telescopium telescopium	Telescope snail	Indo-West Pacific.	13 SHL
Terebralia palustris	Mud creeper	Indo-West Pacific	19 SHL
Terebralia semistriata	Mangrove snail	Indo-West Pacific
Terebralia sulcata	Sulcate swamp cerith	Indo-West Pacific	6.5 SHL
Tympanotonos fuscatus		Eastern Central Atlantic

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