West African mud creeper facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Tympanotonos fuscatus |
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Tympanotonos fuscatus var. radula | |
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clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha |
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Cerithioidea
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Family: |
Potamididae
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Genus: |
Tympanotonos
Schumacher, 1817
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T. fuscatus
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Tympanotonos fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Tympanotonos fuscatus, the West African mud creeper, is a species of snail living in brackish water, a gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae.
Tympanotonos fuscatus is the only extant species in the genus Tympanotonos.
Description
Shells of Tympanotonos fuscatus can reach a size of about 35–100 millimetres (1.4–3.9 in).
Distribution
This species is found along the west coast of Africa, from Angola in the south to Senegal in the north, and also Cape Verde.
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