Exasperating Jujubine

Jujubinus exasperatus

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: to 200 m

This tiny top shell snail carries a conical, sculptured shell only a centimetre or so across, scraping a living from algae on shallow rock and weed. It ranges from the low tide line down to about 200 metres.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Trochida › Trochidae › Jujubinus

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 141807.