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Family: Potamididae swamp-ceriths and horn shells



(See list of species below)


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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]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

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

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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
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

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

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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]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

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

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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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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
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Royella sinon
[]

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

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Telescopium telescopium
[Telescope snail]

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

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Terebralia palustris
[Mud creeper]
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Terebralia semistriata
[Mangrove snail]

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

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Terebralia sulcata
[Sulcate swamp cerith]
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Tympanotonos fuscatus
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Batillaria multiformis Western Pacific 4 ShH 1869
Cerithidea californica California hornsnail East Pacific. 1840
Cerithidea cingulata Girdled horn shell Indo-West Pacific 4.5 SHL 1791
Cerithidea costata Costate hornsnail Western Central Atlantic. 2.1 DL 1778
Cerithidea decollata Truncated mangrove snail Indian Ocean. 3.6 SHH 1758
Cerithidea fuscata Indian Ocean. 1857
Cerithidea hegewischii Indian Ocean. 1848
Cerithidea largillierti Western Pacific 1848
Cerithidea moerchii Northwest Pacific 1855
Cerithidea montagnei Northwest Pacific 1837
Cerithidea obtusa Obtuse horn shell Indo-West Pacific 6 SHL 1822
Cerithidea ornata Western Pacific. Tropica 1863
Cerithidea pliculosa Plicate hornsnail Western Central Atlantic. 2.7 NG 1829
Cerithidea quadrata Quadrate horn shell Indo-West Pacific 5.5 SHL 1866
Cerithidea rhizophorarum Western Pacific. 3 TL 1850
Cerithidea scalariformis Ladder hornsnail Western Central Atlantic 3 DL 1825
Cerithidea sinensis Northwest Pacific 1848
Cerithidea tonkiniana Northwest Pacific 1887
Cerithidea valida Northwest Pacific 1852
Cerithideopsilla microptera Western Pacific. Tropica 1842
Pirenella alata Western Pacific. 1849
Pirenella asiatica Northwest Pacific 2016
Pirenella conica Western Indian Ocean and 1829
Pirenella incisa Northwest Pacific 1848
Pirenella nanhaiensis Northwest Pacific 2016
Pirenella pupiformis Northwest Pacific 2016
Royella sinon Indo-Pacific and the Medi 1880
Telescopium telescopium Telescope snail Indo-West Pacific. 13 SHL 1758
Terebralia palustris Mud creeper Indo-West Pacific 19 SHL 1767
Terebralia semistriata Mangrove snail Indo-West Pacific 1852
Terebralia sulcata Sulcate swamp cerith Indo-West Pacific 6.5 SHL 1778
Tympanotonos fuscatus Eastern Central Atlantic 1758



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