Black Tegula Snails (Chlorostoma funebralis)

Black Tegula snails (Chlorostoma funebralis) - These snails cruise through their environment on the hunt for their usual diet of algae and microscopic films, which they harvest using an elaborate arrangement of hooked teeth in their radula, which fan out from their mouths. They must be on constant alert for their many predators. The animals can live up to 5-8 years in the southern end of their range and up to 30 years in the northern end.

An empty black tegula shell is a popular home for hermit crabs.