Pelican foot snail

Latin: Aporrhais pespelecani

Size:

50 mm long

Levested:

Soft seabed from 10 to approx. 180 meters deep.

Distribution:

From the Mediterranean and north to Iceland and Northern Norway. Along the entire Norwegian coast except East Finnmark.

Food:

Organic material

Facts about the Pelican's foot snail

The species got its name because its shell resembles the foot of a pelican. Young pelican foot snails do not have the extremely flattened shell opening.

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