Vitate conch snail
Doxander vittatus apicatus
Family Strombidae
updated
Jul 2023
Where seen? This conch snail was seen alive at St John's Island among seagrases. And Beting Bronok among seagrasses growing on soft silty ground..
Features: 6-8cm, elsewhere up
to 10cm. Shell thick, heavy, long and narrow, lip flared slightly wavy. The flared
shell protects the long proboscis as the animal sweeps the bottom
for titbits. Large eyes on
eyestalks, each eyestalk has a tentacle, the purpose of which is not known. Like other conch snails, it hops using the knife-like operculum at the tip of a long muscular foot. |
St John's Island, Jul 16 |
St John's Island, Jul 16 |
Beting Bronok, Jul 2023 |
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| Vitate conch
on Singapore shores |
| Other sightings on Singapore shores |
Changi East (Lost Coast), Jul 24
Photo shared by Che Cheng Neo on facebook. |
St John's Island, Oct 25
Photo shared by Tammy Lim on facebook. |
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References
- Tan Siong
Kiat and Henrietta P. M. Woo, 2010 Preliminary
Checklist of The Molluscs of Singapore (pdf), Raffles
Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore.
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