Phyllocoma convoluta (Broderip, 1833)
35.8mm

Phyllocoma convoluta is moderately rare in the Marshalls, at least in the living state. We see more shells occupied by hermit crabs than by the original mollusk. They tend to live under rocks on lagoon pinnacles and both eastern and western seaward reefs. The shells are rather thin and fragile, and even when alive often have a broken spire at least.

A tiny 7mm dead specimen whose aperture has been occupied by an amphipod crustacean that has built up a bit of a tube to block the part of the aperture it is not using..

Created 1 October 2010
Updated 20 March 2020

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