Animal Species:Cart-rut Shell
When it was first discovered, this species was named the Cart-rut Shell because the grooves resembled the narrow, deep wheel ruts of the horse-and-carriage vehicles of the day.
Cart-rut shell and egg capsules
Dr Isobel Bennett
© Australian Museum
Identification
The Cart-rut Shell is a large white snail with deep, parallel ridges or grooves in its shell.
Size range
7-8 cm
Distribution
The Cart-rut Shell is found in Southern Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia to Western Australia.
Habitat
The Cart-rut Shell lives on intertidal rock platforms.
Other behaviours and adaptations
The Cart-rut Shell has a canal at the front edge of its shell, through which it siphons water to detect its prey.
Classification
- Species:
- orbita
- Genus:
- Dicathais
- Order:
- Sorbeoconcha
- Class:
- Gastropoda
- Phylum:
- Mollusca
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
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Tags gastropoda, mollusca, snails, identification, invertebrates, wildlife of sydney,