Gastropod

Stosicia annulata

• Group: Other
• For divers: safe

A minute snail of the rissoid family, found tucked beneath half buried boulders and across shell sand in the intertidal. Its relatives feed in varied ways, from grazing algae to scavenging and sifting the sediment for scraps.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Zebinidae › Stosicia

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 593584.