Spotted Stromb

Maculastrombus maculatus

• Group: Other
• For divers: safe

A small Indo Pacific conch, the spotted stromb lives in tide pools on sand bound together by thin algal mats. It hops across the bottom on a clawed foot and grazes the film of algae and detritus there.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Strombidae › Maculastrombus

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 1485061.