Low spire, white shell with large spines, including on upper outer lip margin, surface normally covered in algal growth; relatively narrow purple aperture, three small white ridges central on columella, six white denticles unevenly distributed on inside of outer lip.
Information
Max Size: 4 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 23.0-29.5°C
Rarity
IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Infrequent (1% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution.
It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Few (2 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
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