Four-Keeled Margarite

Euchelus asper

• Group: Other

A small snail of the trochid family, the four keeled margarite shelters under rocks and in sand across intertidal shores. Like its relatives it browses on detritus and algae, and can filter feed when conditions suit.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Seguenziida › Chilodontidae › Euchelus

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 701781.