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| shelled snails text index | photo index |
| Phylum Mollusca > Order Gastropoda |
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index of snails on Singapore shores medium snails (2-5cm) with long shells on rocks and seawalls |
| 2-2.5cm. Shell with squarish spiral cords. In small groups on large boulders or seawalls. Commonly seen on our Southern shores. | 2-3cm. Shell not so thick, Operculum yellow. Operculum yellow. In groups on ocky shores. Commonly seen on our Northern shores. | 2-3cm. Shell not so thick, Operculum yellow. Operculum yellow. In groups on ocky shores. Commonly seen on our Northern shores. | 2-3cm. Shell thick and chunky. Operculum brown. In groups on big boulders and on sea walls. Commonly seen on many shores. | 2-3cm. Shell thick and chunky. Operculum brown. In groups on big boulders and on sea walls. Commonly seen on many shores. |
| 2-3cm. Shell not so thick, Operculum yellow. Operculum yellow. In groups on ocky shores. Commonly seen on our Northern shores. | 2-3cm. Shell not so thick, Operculum yellow. Operculum yellow. In groups on ocky shores. Commonly seen on our Northern shores. | 2-3cm. Shell thick and chunky. Operculum brown. In groups on big boulders and on sea walls. Commonly seen on many shores. | 2-3cm. Shell thick and chunky. Operculum brown. In groups on big boulders and on sea walls. Commonly seen on many shores. |
| 2-3cm. Shell thick with a spiral patterns of rounded bumps. Shell opening narrow with 'teeth'. Operculum brown. In groups on boulders and seawalls. Commonly seen on our Southern shores. | 2-3cm. Shell thick with squarish bumps. Shell opening wide, dark purple. On boulders. Sometimes seen on some of our shores. | 4-5cm. Shell thick with sculptured ridges, long siphonal canal. Mangrove tree trunks among barnacles. Commonly seen in our mangrvoes. | 3-4cm.
Thick shell with a thick ridge along the length and a purple mouth.
On and under stones. Sometimes seen on our Northern shores. |
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