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| shelled snails text index | photo index |
| Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Family Olividae |
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snail awaiting identification* Family Olividae updated Oct 10 Where seen? This bullet-shaped snail is sometimes encountered on the silty sandy shores near seagrasses. Features: 2-3cm. Shell cylindrical and looks like an olive. The shell pattern in a series of closely set zig-zag lines. The shell opening is violet on the inner portion. The animal has a large pale body with grey or brownish spots all over. A long siphon sticks out of the notch in the shell. It is a burrowing snail and more often seen above the ground at night. |
 Changi, May 05 |
 It is a burrowing snail. Changi, Jun 06 |
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 The inner portion of the shell opening is violet. |
Olive snails on Singapore shores
 East Coast Park, Aug 11 |
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 Chek Jawa, Jul 08 |
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 Changi, Jun 06 |
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 Changi, Jun 09 |
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more photos of olive snails on Singapore shores
northern shores part 1 | part 2
southern shores part 3
*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.
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Graham Brash, Singapore. 145 pp.|
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