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Animal
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Gastropods
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Animal
Name
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Chlorostoma rustica (Gmelin)
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Classification
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Kingdom
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Animalia
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Phylum
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Mollusca
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Class
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Gastropoda
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Order
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Archaeogastropoda
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Family
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Trochidae
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Characteristic Features |
-A shell is thick, up to 3.5cm in diameter and has pronounced
tangentail -It usually has a drab, dark purple-brown exterior and a
nacreous interior -The mouth has a smooth outer tip and one columella tooth. -The operculum is thin and corneous. | |
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Ecology
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Habitat
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Very commonly found on boulder and rocky shores, usually
on the lower half of the shore.
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Distribution
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Yellow Sea to South China Sea, Taiwan
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Locations
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