Deeply curved canal on upper side
- English Common Name
- Horn Snail
- Scientific name
- Batillaria zonalis
- Taxonomy
- Order: Caenogastropoda, Family: Batillaridae
- Size
- About 4 cm (size of the shell)
- Species Distribution
- Okinawa Island (mainly east coast), Iriomotejima Island
- Okinawan Common Name
- Chinbowrah (general term for sails such as B. multiformis and Cerithidea cingulata)
- Okinawa Red List of Threatened Species: Near Threatened
- Japan Red List of Threatened Species: Vulnerable
- This species is relatively big in genus Batillaria. Skinny shell has deeply curved canal on upper side. This curve is a distinctive feature of the Horn Snail. This species can be found forming a group in areas that have mixture of mud and sand. It feeds on detritus (organic matter such as dead microorganisms). Recently, landfill of tidal flats is a concern for habitat losses and environment destructions along coasts.
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Group of Horn Snails
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- Updated June 2017
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