Kingdom Animalia Family Potamididae Phylum Mollusca Rank Species | Superfamily Cerithioidea Scientific name Tympanotonos fuscatus Higher classification Tympanotonos | |
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Genus Tympanotonos
Schumacher, 1817 Similar Tympanotonos, Molluscs, Gastropods, Pachymelania aurita, Potamididae | ||
Tympanotonos fuscatus, the West African Mud Creeper, is a species of snail living in brackish water, a gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae.
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Tympanotonos fuscatus is the only extant species in the genus Tympanotonos.
Description
Shells of Tympanotonos fuscatus can reach a size of about 35–100 millimetres (1.4–3.9 in).
Distribution
This species is found in along the coasts of Angola, Cape Verde, Gabon and generally West Africa.
References
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