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| Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Family Trochidae |
| Orange-mouth
top shell snail Chrysostoma paradoxum Family Trochidae updated Sep 2020 Where seen? This snail is sometimes seen on rocky areas near living reefs. Features: 2.5cm. Shell thick heavy, quite spherical with a pointed tip. Shell smooth, pattern of mottled shades of white and pastel colours with spiralling fine lines. Opening bright orange. Operculum, thin, made of a horn-like material with concentric rings, yellow. The flexible operculum allows the animal to withdraw deep into the coils of the shell. Hopefully, safe from prying claws of hungry crabs. Body pale, mantle smooth (not fringed with long tentacles). Large foot and a pair of long tentacles at the head. |
 Pulau Jong, Apr 13 |
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| Orange-mouth top shell snails on Singapore shores |
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| Acknowledgements Grateful thanks to Chim Chee Kong for identifying this snail. Links
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