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| Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Family Columbellidae |
| Dotted
dove snail Euplica scripta Family Columbellidae updated Aug 10 Where seen? This little snail is sometimes seen in numbers on some of our shores. Usually on large seagrasses (such as Tape seagrass, Enhalus acoroides) and large seaweeds (such as Sargassum, Sargassum sp.). Sometimes many can be seen well dispersed among these leafy lifeforms. It was also known as Columbella versicolor, Pyrene versicolor and Pyrene scripta. Features: 1.5-2cm. The thick pale shell is sometimes delicately-patterned with black and yellow markings. Some are plain, while in others, the pattern may be hidden by encrusting growths. Often seen grazing on the fine algae that coats seagrasses and seaweeds. What does it eat? Like other dove snails that live on seagrasses, it is probably a grazer, chomping up diatoms, sponges and other tiny animals on the seagrass blades, while also scraping some of the seagrass itself. |
 Sentosa, Jan 05 |
 St. John's Island, Sep 07 |
 Eating the algae growing on seaweed. St. John's Island, Sep 07 |
 Sometimes seen in large numbers. St. John's Island, Sep 07 |
Dotted dove snails on Singapore shores
 Chek Jawa, Sep 04  |
 Sentosa, Jan 06  |
 Sentosa, Oct 04  |
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Graham Brash, Singapore. 145 pp.|
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