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Necklace shell

size:

up to 4 centimeters, but usually smaller

color:

fresh shells yellow-grey to light brown, old shells darker, blue or brown

food:

molluscs such as Baltic tellins and banded wedge shells

reproduction:

sexual

  • Dut: Tepelhoren
  • Lat: Euspira catena (Lunatia catena, Natica catena)
  • Eng: Large necklace shell
  • Ger: Halsband-Mondschnecke (Halsband-Nabelschnecke)
  • Dan: Stor boresnegl
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Large necklace shell, foto fitis, sytske dijksen

Necklace shell

Necklace shells are predator snails which prey on other molluscs. It is easy to recognize their victims. They grate a hole in the shell of the prey with their tongue. The hole on the one side is wider than on the other side. You hardly ever find living necklace shells on the beaches or dikes. Empty shells are strewn along all the beaches in the flood mark.

  • Distribution and habitat

    Necklace shells live dug into the sea floor, in waters up to 125 meters deep. You usually only find empty shells on the beach. Living animals do not usually come close to the shore.