snail fields

Rice fields or pie (Pila ampullacea) are animals that have a shell as a home or shelter when he is in danger. Tutut is found in many rice fields. Because this is the community around call this snail with the title snail fields. It has long been a community that tingga near the water area or a persawan take the snail fields or tutut this to be consumed. Although the shape is small, but tutut has a very high nutrition. In addition to having a high nutritional tutut also has a very great benefits can. So the surrounding community did not hesitate to consume them.

The snail rice paddle or sprouts have the Latin name (Pila ampullacea). These animals belong to the operculata group that live in shallow waters with calm or slow water flow such as rice fields, lake edge, river banks and many also found in the swamps. Although the snails of rice fields or tutut like to live in the rice field area but do not like the dirty water dirty. So we rarely encounter spotted creeping or hiding behind the muddy rice fields like other types of snails. But tutut we will find easily attached to the stems or small twigs that are in the clear water.