- English Common Name
- Belitong Snail
- Scientific name
- Certhidea rhizophorarum
- Taxonomy
- Order: Caenogastropoda , Family: Potamididaen
- Size
- About 6 cm (length of shell)
- Species Distribution
- Amamioshima Island and southward within Indo-West Pacific. Okinawa is the only place where the species is found alive currently in Japan.
- Okinawa Red List of Threatened Species: Vulnerable
- Japan Red List of Threatened Species: Vulnerable
- This species is similar to Terebralia palustris of the same genus, but T. sulcata has an arched aperture. Red soil runoff causing sedimentation and mangrove forest destruction is a concern today since its habitats on the land rely on the mangrove environment.
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- Updated December 2018
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