Potamididae

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Potamididae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Order: Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithoidea
Family: Potamididae
H. and A. Adams, 1854
Genera

See text.

Potamididae, common name the horn snails, is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs of the order Sorbeoconcha.

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[edit] Distribution

These snails live in tropical and temperate seas worldwide.

[edit] Habitat

This family of snails mostly live in the intertidal zone, on mud flats.

[edit] Shell description

These are tall-spired shells, with a rounded aperture and a very short siphonal canal.

[edit] Genera within the family Polamididae

  • Battilaria
  • Cerithidea
  • Cerithidea Swainson, 1840
  • Faunus
  • Pirenella
  • Rhinocoryne
  • Telescopium
  • Terebralia
  • Tympanotonus
  • Zeacumantus Finlay, 1927

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