Northern Moon Snail

Moon Snail

Lunatia heros

Size: to 4"

Habitat: generally in deeper water, but possible in shallows

Notes: quite common in places

Moon Snail

These snails are responsible for the curious sand collars that divers often find. They produce a glue to cement the sand grains together into a protective ring for their eggs.

Moon Snails are predators of other shellfish, which they smother with their enormous foot. They are themselves sometimes eaten as Scungilli.

Moon Snail
Herb Segars Photography

Kismet Artificial Reef

Depth: 16 - 25 ft
120 yards north of South Beach, between Kismet and National Seashore dock
This reef is very close to land, it could even be a shore dive

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