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

[1][3] Tympanotonos fuscatus is the only extant species in the genus Tympanotonos.

[4] Shells of Tympanotonos fuscatus can reach a size of about 35–100 millimetres (1.4–3.9 in).

[5] This species is found along the west coast of Africa, from Angola in the south to Senegal in the north,[1] and also Cape Verde.

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