Gutturnium muricinum (Röding, 1798)
Muricinum triton, 39mm

Gutturnium muricinum is common in the Marshalls. It seems most abundant on lagoon reefs and pinnacles, and is often found in the growth on floating docks and buoy lines, where it appears to prey upon small bivalve mollusks. Some buoy lines that mark lagoon shipwrecks are continually being jerked back and forth; it seems amazing these shells are able to hold on through all this motion. Specimens have been seen all the way from the intertidal down to at least 40m.

35.2mm. An especially dark colored specimen.

Created 5 August 2010
Updated 1 June 2024

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