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Animal
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Gastropods
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Animal
Name
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Batillaria zonalis (Brugiere)
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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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Mesogastropoda
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Family
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Potamididae
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Characteristic Features |
-The shell is medium in size, solid, elongated and turreted, with a high spire. -The whorls with longitudinal granulated ribs crossed by the several cords. -The outer margin of aperture is slightly *sinuated at its upper part. | |
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Ecology
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Habitat
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Very common on muddy flat at low tide mark
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Distribution
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Indo-Pacific
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Locations
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