Gastropod

Mitrella blanda

• Group: Other
• For divers: safe

A small dove snail of intertidal rocks and lagoon flats, it belongs to a family of nimble carnivores that hunt and scavenge among the algae. Like its relatives it crawls actively over hard surfaces at the water's edge.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Columbellidae › Mitrella

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 511484.