Black
chut-chut snail
Cerithidea
quadrata
Family Potamididae
updated
Sep 2020
Where
seen? A more slender Chut-chut, it is often seen in our
mangroves, on tree trunks and on the mud near trees.
Features: 3-4.5cm long. Shell
long and slender with ribs of fine beads. Tip usually broken. Shell
opening flared with thin lips. Operculum round and dark. The body
is darker and it does not have any red markings.
Sometimes
confused with the Red chut-chut and Belitong. More on how
to tell these snails apart.
Human use: It is collected for
food in many parts of Southeast Asia.
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Pulau Semakau, Mar 09
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Pulau Semakau, Mar 09
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Pulau Semakau, Mar 09
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Lim Chu Kang, Apr 09 |
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Black
chut-chut snails on Singapore shores |
Acknowlegement
With grateful thanks to Tan Siong Kiat of the Raffles Museum of
Biodiversity Research for explaining the identification of this
snail.
Links
References
- Tan Siong
Kiat and Henrietta P. M. Woo, 2010 Preliminary
Checklist of The Molluscs of Singapore (pdf), Raffles
Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore.
- Abbott, R.
Tucker, 1991. Seashells
of South East Asia.
Graham Brash, Singapore. 145 pp.
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