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Common Tusk Shell
Antalis vulgaris
NENot evaluated
Overview
Scaphopod shells are slightly curved, open at both ends. Head and foot are protruded from the wider end. Buries head down in soft ground, feeds on detritus. Above in picture A entails, 4 cm common, North Sea.
Distribution
Mediterranean.
Habitat
Buries head down in soft ground.
Diet
Feeds on detritus.
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