Top Shell

Monodonta nebulosa

• Group: Other
• For divers: safe

A small top shell of rocky shores, it clings through the intertidal and shallow subtidal where the surf is heaviest. It browses on detritus and algae scraped from the rock, and at times its relatives even filter feed.

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

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 546926.