Turbinate Monodont

Description:

Locally known as 'Ugrc', this is a very common sea snail around. These two specimens were about 3 cm in diameter, and in height. The shell is greenish with brown or violet dots, arranged in spirals.

Habitat:

This is a very common mollusc in Adriatic waters, occurring all along Croatian littoral, easily observable in shallow waters. Here, on a popular beaches in a village of Dubrovnik riviera (Cavtat). The depth in this zone is between 0,5m up to 3m, and then descending sharply down to 10m. The sea bottom here is rocky, creating many crevasses and tunnels, and rocks are abundantly covered in algae. In those deeper waters, there are some large colonies of sea grass.

Notes:

The reference beside is still run under the old scientific name, Phorcus turbinatus. This was changed, and species brought under the genus Monodonta, top snails.