Southern periwinkle
A species of Austrocochlea, Also known as Ribbon monodonta Scientific name : Austrocochlea constricta Genus : Austrocochlea
Southern periwinkle, A species of Austrocochlea
Also known as:
Ribbon monodonta
Botanical name: Austrocochlea constricta
Genus: Austrocochlea
Content
Description
Photo By silversea_starsong , used under CC-BY-NC-4.0 /Cropped and compressed from original 
Description
The height of the shell varies between 15 mm and 32 mm, its diameter between 22 mm and 28 mm. The thick, solid shell is imperforate. Its color is a lusterless ashen or whitish, obscurely marked with black zigzag lines and stripes, or with spiral articulated zones or with spiral stripes of black. Sometimes it is nearly unicolored. The spire is conical with an acute apex. The about five whorls are convex. The first one is eroded, the penultimate is very strongly spirally tricostate. The body whorl has about seven strong carinae. The aperture is oblique. The outer and basal lips are either thick and multilirate within, or rather thin and slightly furrowed at the places of the principal carinae. The short columella is oblique, subdentate at its base and at the insertion spreading in a strong callus upon the parietal wall.
* Disclaimer: The judgment on toxicity and danger is for reference only. We DO NOT GUARANTEE any accuracy of such judgment. Therefore, you SHALL NOT rely on such judgment. It is IMPORTANT TO SEEK PROFESSIONAL ADVICE in advance when necessary.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Molluscs Class
Snails and slugs Order
Trochida Family
Top-snails Genus
Austrocochlea Species
Southern periwinkle 
AI fish expert in your pocket
Scan QR code to download
