Mud-flat snail
A species of Amphibola, Also known as Mudflat tītiko Scientific name : Amphibola crenata Genus : Amphibola
Mud-flat snail, A species of Amphibola
Also known as:
Mudflat tītiko
Botanical name: Amphibola crenata
Genus: Amphibola
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Description
Description
Amphibola crenata (tītiko in the Māori language or mud-flat snail in English) is a species of air breathing snail with an operculum, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc which lives in a habitat that is intermediate between the land and the sea, not entirely terrestrial and not entirely marine.This is not a true land snail, but it is also not a true sea snail.Unlike almost all other snails that have opercula, this species breathes air.It is common in New Zealand.
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Scientific Classification
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Molluscs Class
Snails and slugs Family
Amphibolid snails Genus
Amphibola Species
Mud-flat snail