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Lettered Olive Snail - CORTEZ SEALIFE AQUARIUM - stock video

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Channel: ezfishfinder · 2011 · Education

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Lettered Olive Snail - CORTEZ SEALIFE AQUARIUM - stock video
The shell of this species can be about 6 cm (2½ in) long (maximum reported size reaches 9.1 cm). It is a smooth, shiny, cylindrical-shaped shell with a short spire. The aperture is narrow and extending almost the length of shell, continuing around the bottom and ending in a notch on the other side. The suture is V-cut and deep. The lower part of the whorl is just above where the suture extends outward and then at a sharp shoulder drops into the suture.

The shell coloration can vary from cream to a greyish exterior with reddish-brown zigzag markings. The common name of this species is derived from the darker surface markings that sometimes resemble letters
This olive, like all olives, is a carnivore: it captures bivalves and small crustaceans with its foot and takes them below the sand surface to digest.

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