Tower snail
Tower snail is a colloquial collective term for various, e.g. T. not closely related species of freshwater snails, z. B.
- Malay tower snail ( Melanoides tuberculata ) (Fam.Crown snails = Thiaridae)
- Black tower snail ( Melanoides maculata ) (family crown snails = Thiaridae)
- Knobbed snail ( Tarebia granifera ) (Fam.Crown snails = Thiaridae)
- Hairy tower snail ( Thiara cancellata ) (family crown snails = Thiaridae)
- Spiked tower snail ( Thiara winteri ) (family crown snails = Thiaridae)
- African tower snail ( Pachymelania byronensis ) (family crown snails = Thiaridae)
- Robbery snail ( Clea (Anentome) helena ) ( Fam.Buccinidae )
- Giant tower snail ( Brotia herculea ) (Fam.Pachychilidae)
- the families Cyclophoridae and Cochlostomatidae (order Architaenioglossa) are also called tower snails.