Shell conical but with slightly convex whorls, which may either be smooth or bear a row of raised ridges or nodules on their lower third. Colour variable, from plain pale grey through to almost black; typically with diagonal interrupted wavy dark bands or tessellations. Periphery of body-whorl forms a sharply-defined separation from the base of the shell, which usually bears spiral grooves and is usually pale with well-defined dark brown flecks. The central part of the base (columella) and adjacent parts of the aperture (mouth) are usually flushed with orange.

At a glance

Habitat Intertidally amongst rocks and seaweed
Size Shell height can grow to around 15mm
Origin Endemic
Distribution South-eastern Australia
Descriptions
Distribution
South-eastern Australia
Habitat
Intertidally amongst rocks and seaweed
Size
Shell height can grow to around 15mm
Common Name Common Conniwink
Aliases black-mouth conniwink,
Origin Endemic
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Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia

Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
SubclassCaenogastropoda
SuperorderSorbeoconcha
OrderHypsogastropoda
SuborderLittorinimorpha
SuperfamilyLittorinoidea
FamilyLittorinidae
SubfamilyLacuninae
GenusBembicium
SpeciesBembicium melanostomum
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