Gastropods

Hinea fasciata

• Group: Other
• For divers: safe

This small striped sea snail shelters under rocks and in tide pools on shallow reefs and shorelines. Like other members of its family it grazes the rocky surfaces it clings to, staying within reach of the tideline.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Caenogastropoda incertae sedis › Planaxidae › Hinea

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 605550.