Gastropod

Retusa tarutana

• Group: Other
• For divers: safe

A tiny burrowing snail of soft sediment, this species ploughs just beneath the surface in search of food. Its family feeds on foraminifera and small molluscs, hunting blind through the mud.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Cephalaspidea › Retusidae › Retusa

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 828549.