Animal
Gastropods
Animal Name
Nodilittorina trochoides
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Archaeogastropoda
Family
Littorinidae

Characteristic Features

-Turbinate to pyramidal, spire moderately high, suture not deeply
impressed, whorl convex.

-Spiral sculpture varying from simple to moderately granulose with raised
spiral cords, 18-20 on the body whorl, often axially wrinkled, and with
closely spaced, fine, wavy axial threads.

-Columella hardly excavated but on adjacent crescent-shaped area on the
base.

-Blue-gray with fawn nodules; interior and collumella brown.

- 1.5cm in length.

Ecology
Habitat
Upper tidal range of rocky or boulder shore.
Distribution
Indo-Pacific
Locations
Cape D'Aguilar