purple snail

Latin: Nucella lapillus

purple snail

Size:

Up to 42 mm long and 22 mm wide.

Levested:

On rocky outcrops in the intertidal zone, mostly in exposed areas.

Distribution:

From Gibraltar to Greenland. Along the entire Norwegian coast.

Food:

Distinctly predatory snail

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