FreshwaterBrackish
Black devil snail
Faunus ater
Pachychilidae
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Water values
Range
Seen here
Seen in the wild in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.
More about the species
Description
Faunus ater is a species of brackish water snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pachychilidae. Faunus ater is the only extant species within the genus Faunus.
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