Carinomitra peculiaris (Reeve, 1845)
11.45mm

A small species, Carinomitra peculiaris is very common on some lagoon, pinnacle and seaward reefs, where it lives exposed or under rocks by day and crawls about exposed on the hard reef at night. The distinctly ridged spire differentiates it from the very similiar Carinomitra typha. Examination of numerous specimens suggests that the ridged spire varies. It would seem possible that what we are calling C. typha is simply a non-ridged form of C. peculiaris.

The two sets of empty shells almost look as though they should be separate species.

Created 5 September 2015
Updated 1 June 2020

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