How big does the Mud Snail get?

The Mud Snail grows to about 3 cm.

Mud Snail

Cerithidea rhizophorarum

Group: Other
Max size: 3 cm

This mangrove snail leads a double life, found on sandy shores but also climbing trees and grasses high in the intertidal mangroves. When the tide drops it seals itself to bark with a plug of mucus, waiting out the dry hours about 3 centimetres long.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Caenogastropoda incertae sedis › Potamididae › Cerithidea

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 456560.

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How big does the Mud Snail get?: The Mud Snail grows to about 3 cm.