Potamididae

Taxobox
name = Potamididae
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
ordo = Sorbeoconcha
superfamilia = Cerithoidea
familia = Potamididae
familia_authority = H. and A. Adams, 1854
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text.

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

Distribution

These snails live in tropical and temperate seas worldwide.

Habitat

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

hell description

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

Genera within the family Polamididae

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

References

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* [http://shells.tricity.wsu.edu/archerdshellcollection/Gastropoda/Potamididae.html]