
Thick or Toothed top shell
Osilinus lineatus
- side view of above snail 1
Thick or Toothed top shell
Osilinus lineatus
- live animal / side view 1
Thick or Toothed top shell
Osilinus lineatus
- live animal / side view 2
Thick or Toothed top shell
Osilinus lineatus
- live animal / side view 3
Thick or Toothed top shell
Osilinus lineatus
- underside / mouth 1
Thick or Toothed top shell
Osilinus lineatus
- underside / mouth 2
Thick or Toothed top shell
Osilinus lineatus
- underside / with rule / scale 1
Thick or Toothed top shell
Osilinus lineatus
- top view / with rule / scale 1
Thick or Toothed top shell
Osilinus lineatus
- live animal 1
Thick or Toothed top shell
Osilinus lineatus
- live animal 2
Thick or Toothed top shell
Osilinus lineatus
- live animal 3
Thick or Toothed top shell
Osilinus lineatus
- live animal 4
Thick or Toothed top shell
Osilinus lineatus
- shell 1
Thick or Toothed top shell
Osilinus lineatus
- colony / group 1
Thick or Toothed top shell
Osilinus lineatus
- colony / group 2
Thick or Toothed top shell
Osilinus lineatus
- colony / group 3
A common snail on all rocky shores across the south west; often found quite high up the shore on the middle and uppershore. Images taken at various locations including; Spit Point, Par, Cornwall; Chyandour Rocks, Penzance; and Tavis Vor near Mousehole, Cornwall.
Scientific and European Names:
Osilinus lineatus, Monodonta lineata, Thick top shell, Toothed top shell, Toothed winkle, Gewone tandtolhoren, Tandtolhoren.
