Tympanotonos fuscatus

Tympanotonos fuscatus, the West African mud creeper, is a species of snail living in brackish water, a gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae.

Tympanotonos fuscatus is the only extant species in the genus Tympanotonos.

Description
Shells of Tympanotonos fuscatus can reach a size of about 35 - 100 mm.

Distribution
This species is found along the west coast of Africa, from Angola in the south to Senegal in the north, and also Cape Verde.