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| Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Family Potamididae |
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chut-chut snail Cerithidea quadrata Family Potamididae updated Jan 11 Where seen? A more slender Chut-chut, it is often seen in our mangroves, on tree trunks and on the mud near trees. Features: 3-4.5cm long. Shell long and slender with ribs of fine beads. Tip usually broken. Shell opening flared with thin lips. Operculum round and dark. The body is darker and it does not have any red markings. Sometimes confused with the Red chut-chut (Cerithidea obtusa) and Belitong (Terebralia sulcata). More on how to tell these snails apart. Human use: It is collected for food in many parts of Southeast Asia. |
 Pulau Semakau, Mar 09 |
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Black chut-chut snails on Singapore shores
 Lim Chu Kang, Apr 09 |
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Graham Brash, Singapore. 145 pp.|
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