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.

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