Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791)
A very common benthic snal of artic seas
Size
- High of shell: up to 59 mm
- Diameter of shell: up to 48.7 mm
Color
- Variable: grey or brownish
Habitat & Distribution
- Epibenthic (seabed surface)
- Eurybathic (0 - 2650 m), mostly shelf
- Circumpolar, Pacific boreal-arctic <map>
Feeding
- Carnivorous feed on mainly bivalves
Life cycle
- Small eggs are enclosed into egg capsules
- Direct development inside egg capsules
Page Author: Damerau
Created: Sept 30, 2010
