Lampasopsis cruentata (Sowerby, 1835)
36mm
Lampasopsis
cruentata is a
very common species in the Marshalls, living in a variety of reef habitats throughout
the atolls. It is most often found under rocks on hard substrates. Shells are
usually thickly encrusted but the black spots along the columella of the white
aperture are characteristic.
The exterior shell of the specimen
below was encased in the fire coral Millepora.
Created 10 August 2010
Updated 21 March 2022
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