Midas Ear Crassidula

Ellobium aurismidae

• Group: Other
• Max size: 10 cm

Named for its ear shaped shell, the midas ear lives where land meets sea, on muddy flats among nipa palm and mangroves and along the banks of estuarine rivers. This air breathing snail tolerates conditions that would drown most of its marine relatives.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Ellobiida › Ellobiidae › Ellobium

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 591375.