Gastropods

Littoraria intermedia

• Group: Other
• For divers: safe

A small periwinkle that climbs mangrove trees rather than rocks, grazing across the bark above the waterline. It rasps off plant material, mainly cork cells, along with fungal threads and spores, the unusual diet of these tree dwelling snails.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Littorinidae › Littoraria

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 208938.