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| Bubble-shell snails Family Haminoeidae updated May 2020 Where seen? These tiny nondescript snails are sometimes seen near mangroves or in silty parts of seagrass areas on some of our shores. Often seen in groups, it is more active at night. Features: About 1cm. Shell thin and oval, usually a dull colour. The body of the snail can expand to be much larger than the shell. Some release a sticky purple secretion when disturbed. Like other headshield snails it has a shield over the front of the body which is used to plough through the sediments. It has a pair of wing-like extensions of the body (called parapodia) which envelope the shell. It lacks tentacles and an operculum. |
 Chek Jawa, Apr 04 |
 Releasing purple secretion. Chek Jawa, Feb 07 |
| What does it eat? It grazes on
algae growing on mangrove mud, usually feeding in shady parts of the
mangrove forest. Human uses: Some bubble-shell snails are eaten, preserved in soya sauce and fermented bean paste. The Malay name for a Haminoea species is Siput Bawang or Onion snail. |
 Chek Jawa, Jan 10 |
 Chek Jawa, Feb 07 |
 Sometimes seen in a row. Chek Jawa, Apr 08 |
| Bubble-shell snails on Singapore shores |
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| Other sightings on Singapore shores |
| Family
Haminoeidae recorded for Singapore from Tan Siong Kiat and Henrietta P. M. Woo, 2010 Preliminary Checklist of The Molluscs of Singapore. ^from WORMS +Other additions (Singapore Biodiversity Record, etc)
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