Telescopium (gastropod)
Encyclopedia
Telescopium is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Potamididae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Potamididae
Potamididae
Potamididae, common name potamidids , are a family of small to large brackish water snails living in mangroves, gastropod molluscs of the clade Sorbeoconcha. Traditionally, potamidids and batillariids have been confused with each other for having similar shells and living in a similar environment...
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Species
Species within the genus Telescopium include:- Telescopium telescopiumTelescopium telescopiumTelescopium telescopium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae.-Description:This large snail is about the size and shape of an ice-cream cone! It is commonly seen in our mangroves, on mud, sometimes in the hundreds covering a large area. It is also called...
(Linnaeus, 1758)