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Species Page:

Thick-lipped Drill

(Say, 1822)

Eupleura caudata

Class:

Gastropoda

Order:

Neogastropoda

Family:

Muricidae

Muricidae

Image Voucher: 

ANSP 338299

Shell Information

Length (mm): 20

Dextral

Chirality:

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

Depth (m):

Massachusetts to Florida

0 to 46 meters

Diet:

Carnivore; They feed on oysters and other small mollusks

Habitat:

Marine; Shallow water

Misc. Facts

These snails primarily feed on other mollusks. It secretes enzymes to soften the shells of their prey. They then drill through the softened shell using a special modified radula.

Citations

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Eupleura caudata (Say, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160314 on 2021-06-10

Morris, P. A. (1987). A field guide to shells: Atlantic and Gulf coasts and the West Indies (3rd ed.). Houghton Mifflin.

Rosenberg, G. 2009. Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.1)] URL http://www.malacolog.org/

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