A small marine snail that is coloured purple-black, overlaid with flecks of white or pale yellow, forming a marbling pattern that may be arranged into regular wavy bands. Central part of base of shell strongly grooved, and usually tinged green

At a glance

Habitat Lives amongst the rocks and seaweed from the intertidal areas out to shallow subtidal areas
Size Can grow to around 20mm
Origin Endemic
Distribution South-eastern Australia from South Australia, Victoria and around Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
South-eastern Australia from South Australia, Victoria and around Tasmania
Habitat
Lives amongst the rocks and seaweed from the intertidal areas out to shallow subtidal areas
Size
Can grow to around 20mm
Common Name Checkered Periwinkle
Aliases No Known Aliases
Origin Endemic
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Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia

Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
SubclassVetigastropoda
SuperfamilyTrochoidea
FamilyTrochidae
SubfamilyChrysostomatinae
GenusChlorodiloma
SpeciesChlorodiloma odontis
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