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| shelled snails text index | photo index |
| Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda |
| Snails
with top and turban shaped shells How to tell them apart? updated Oct 08 |
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or Turban? These two kinds of snails are commonly encountered on our rocky shores. Here's how to tell them apart. |
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Top
shell snail
Family Trochidae |
Turban
shell snail
Family Turbinidae |
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Shell
is more pyramidal or top-shaped.
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Shell
has more distinct whorls, as in a turban.
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Operculum
is thin and made of a horn-like material.
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Operculum
is thick, rounded and chalky.
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The
foot of the living animal
is fringed with long tentacles. |
The
animal doesn't have
tentacles on the foot. |
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