Radiate Top Shell

Trochus radiatus

• Group: Other
• For divers: safe

A top shaped snail found among mangroves, the radiate top shell belongs to a family that grazes detritus and algae and sometimes filters food from the water. It rasps its meals from hard surfaces with a toothed ribbon called a radula.

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

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 216332.