Butt beach snail

Latin: Littorina obtusata
Size:
Up to 15 mm wide and 17 mm long
Levested:
Bladderwrack and pigweed down to a depth of 1 meter.
Distribution:
Western parts of the Mediterranean to Northern Norway. Along the entire Norwegian coast.
Food:
Bladderwrack and pigweed
Facts about Buttstrand snail

The species comes in many different colors, yellow, green, orange, brown and black.

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