Common Name: Moon Snail

Found while diving 20m in Nahant, MA on sandy bottom in September.

Habitat: From Gulf of St. Lawrence to N. Caroline on mud and sand in the intertidal to 366m deep.

Physical Description: This shell with 5 whorls and low spire. Foot is very large and gray. Shell color is gray to brown. Carnivorous snail and foot allows it to search through sand for other mollusks. Drills a hole through the shell with radula and digests contents.

Fun Fact: Eggs of the moon snail are preyed upon by green sea urchins.

Source: Marine Life of the North Atlantic Field Guide App - Martinez