Emarginula fissura
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Length = 7mm height. Collected from Loch Spelve mouth off Port nan Crullach on 11/07/1994.
Emarginula fissura
<em>Emarginula fissura</em> (Linnaeus, 1758)
Emarginula fissura
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Length = 7mm height. Collected from Loch Spelve mouth off Port nan Crullach on 11/07/1994.
Emarginula fissura
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Length = 7mm height. Collected from Loch Spelve mouth off Port nan Crullach on 11/07/1994.
Emarginula fissura
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Length = 9mm. Collected from Belvoir and Shell Bays, Herm on 11/04/1983.
Emarginula fissura
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Length = 10mm. Collected from Belvoir and Shell Bays, Herm on 11/04/1983.
Emarginula fissura
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Length = 10mm. Collected from Belvoir and Shell Bays, Herm on 11/04/1983.
Emarginula fissura
Distribution and status
Frequent
Found on all Atlantic coasts.
Ecology and behaviour
Lives on the underside of rocks which harbour growths of sponge on which it feeds. An exhalent siphon is projected through the slit.
Similar species
- Emarginula crassa has much finer sculpturing of the surface
- Emarginula rosea has apex further back - close to the posterior edge of the shell
Key identification features
- Coarse sculpturing of shell surface
- Apex is close to the centre of the shell
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000175107]
Sort order
570
Taxonomic group
Marine snail
Conical shell up to 10mm in length (6mm in height) with slit in the anterior margin. White both inside and out. The surface is sculptured with a coarse reticulate pattern with 25-35 radiating ridges.