| Telescopium telescopium | |
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| Five views of a shell of Telescopium telescopium | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Potamididae |
| Genus: | Telescopium |
| Species: | T. telescopium
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| Binomial name | |
| Telescopium telescopium | |
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Telescopium telescopium, commonly known as the telescope snail, is a species of snail in the horn snail family Potamididae found in mangrove habitats in the Indo-Pacific.[1] They are large snails that can grow up to 8 to 10 cm (3.1 to 3.9 in) in length and are easily recognizable by their cone-shaped shell.[2][3][4]
Telescope snails are edible and are eaten in parts of Southeast Asia. They are known locally as bagongon or bagungon in the Philippines;[5] and rodong or berongan in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia.[2][3][4]
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Telescopium telescopium (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215140 on 24 May 2021
- ^ a b Australia, Atlas of Living. "Species: Telescopium telescopium (Mud Creeper)". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ a b Ng, Peter K. L.; Sivasothi; Morgany; Murphy; Soong; Tan; Tan (2002). A Guide to the Mangroves of Singapore 1: The Ecosystem & Plant Diversity. Singapore Science Centre. ISBN 978-9810413071.
- ^ a b Ng; Sivasothi (2001). "Animal Diversity". A Guide to Mangroves of Singapore. Singapore Science Centre.
- ^ Fernandez, Rudy A. (9 May 2004). "Problem shellfish good for mudcrab fattener". PhilStar Global. Retrieved 11 May 2022.