Jeffrey's Colus

Colus jeffreysianus

• Group: Other

A spindle shaped whelk of northern seabeds, this snail crawls across soft and mixed bottoms hunting and scavenging much as its close relatives do. The genus favours cold water and a predatory life among the worms and bivalves of the seafloor.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Colidae › Colus

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 138903.