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Frilled Dogwinkle

nucella lamellosa

The Frilled Dogwinkle is a fun sea snail with a frilly shell! It loves to crawl on rocky shores and can be found in tidal pools.

Lebensraum: Rocky coastal areas and tidal pools

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The Frilled Dogwinkle has a thick, spiral shell adorned with prominent, wavy frills or ridges that can be white, grey, yellow, orange, or brown. Its wide aperture often reveals a yellowish or purplish interior, making it visually distinct from smoother, plainer snails.

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Frilled Dogwinkle
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Frilled Dogwinkle

Kategorie

Invertebrate

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

0/5 · Keine bekannte Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

Female Frilled Dogwinkles lay their eggs in tall, vase-shaped capsules.

Its shell color can vary greatly even within the same tide pool!

Some Frilled Dogwinkles drill and eat as many as three barnacles a day!

They use a ribbon-like tongue, called a radula, covered in tiny teeth to feed.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Shell Driller

Frilled Dogwinkle can drill perfect holes into prey shells because of its radula and acid, helping them access soft bodies inside.

Fähigkeit

Sticky Foot Power

Frilled Dogwinkle has a muscular foot that can create strong suction, allowing it to cling tightly to rocks against powerful waves.

Fähigkeit

Purple Defense Ink

Frilled Dogwinkle can produce a purple dye because of specialized glands, which may deter predators or be a waste product.

Fähigkeit

Wave Rider Shell

Frilled Dogwinkle has a sturdy, ridged shell that helps it withstand crashing waves and protects it from predators.

Maße und Details

Average Weight
10 g
Lebenserwartung
5 Jahre
Average Shell Length
4.5 cm

Ernährung und Fütterung

This sea snail munches on tasty barnacles and mussels by drilling through their hard shells.

Hauptnahrung

  • Barnacles
  • Mussels
  • Limpets
  • Small clams

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Acorn Barnacle

Balanus glandula

Drills shell to consume soft parts.

eats

Blue Mussel

Mytilus edulis

A primary food source drilled for sustenance.

eaten by

Ochre Sea Star

Pisaster ochraceus

A significant predator in tide pools.

eaten by

Red Rock Crab

Cancer productus

Crushes shells to eat the snail inside.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Colorful DogwinkleFrilly SnailRocky Snail

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

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Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das average Weight von Frilled Dogwinkle?

10 g

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Frilled Dogwinkle?

5 Jahre

Was frisst Frilled Dogwinkle?

This sea snail munches on tasty barnacles and mussels by drilling through their hard shells.

Wo findet man Frilled Dogwinkle normalerweise?

Rocky coastal areas and tidal pools

Wie jagt Frilled Dogwinkle?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das average Shell Length von Frilled Dogwinkle?

4.5 cm

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