Gastropod

Paradaphne interrupta

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 0–9 m

This small snail lives in shallow water down to about 9 metres and sometimes turns up in tidepools. Its empty shell often gets a second life as a home for hermit crabs, which move in once the snail is gone.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Raphitomidae › Paradaphne

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 1830462.