''Terebralia sulcata'' is a

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sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

, a marine

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in the

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Potamididae ''Potamididae'', common name potamidids (also known as horn snails or mudwhelks) are a family (biology), family of small to large brackish water snails that live on mud flats, mangroves and similar habitats. They are amphibious gastropod mollusc ...

Distribution

Malaysia,Hookham B., Shau-Hwai A. T., Dayrat B. & Hintz W. (2014). "A Baseline Measure of Tree and Gastropod Biodiversity in Replanted and Natural Mangrove Stands in Malaysia: Langkawi Island and Sungai Merbok". ''

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'' 25(1): 1. Vietnam, Red Sea, Madagascar.

Description

Ecology

''Terebralia sulctata'' is a predominantly

mangrove A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows mainly in coastal saline water, saline or brackish water. Mangroves grow in an equatorial climate, typically along coastlines and tidal rivers. They have particular adaptations to take in extra oxygen a ...

-associated species.

References

* Reid, D.G., Dyal, P., Lozouet, P., Glaubrecht, M. & Williams, S.T. (2008) Mudwhelks and mangroves: the evolutionary history of an ecological association (Gastropoda: Potamididae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47: 680-699 * Lozouet P. & Plaziat J.C. (2008) Mangrove environments and molluscs. Abatan River, Bohol and Panglao Islands, central Philippines. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 160 pp * Liu, J.Y. uiyu(ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp * Brandt, R. A. M. (1974). The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 105: i-iv, 1-423. page(s): 195, pl. 14, fig. 39 * Yamanaka, T.; Mizota, C. (2001). Sulfur Nutrition of Gastropods and Bivalves Relevant to the Mangrove Forests: A Case Study from Central Sumatra, Indonesia. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 60 (1-2): 71-78

External links

Born, I. Von. (1778). Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere

Schepman, H. H. (1895). A new Potamides. Notes from the Leyden Museum. 16: 133-135.
Potamididae Gastropods described in 1778 {{Potamididae-stub