APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Stramonita haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1767) - Red-mouthed rock shell - a non-native species (Marine snails)
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Red-mouthed rock shell
Stramonita haemastoma
- dorsal view shell 1

Red-mouthed rock shell
Stramonita haemastoma
- shell underside / mouth 1

Specimen above photographed in authors collection 19.01.16. Specimen originally collected from Spiaggia di Giorgino, Cagliari, Sardinia. 04.04.04. Leg. A. Lecis.

Red-mouthed rock shell
Stramonita haemastoma
- dorsal view shell 2

Red-mouthed rock shell
Stramonita haemastoma
- shell underside / mouth 2

Specimen above photographed in authors collection 19.01.16. Specimen collected by J. Lietor on intertidal rocks at Alumunecar, Granada, Spain, August 1999.

Red-mouthed rock shell
Stramonita haemastoma
- side view shell 1

Red-mouthed rock shell
Stramonita haemastoma
- underside / operculum 1

Specimen above photographed in authors collection 04.02.16. Specimen dredged by fishermen off Touemolinos, Spain.

Unlike Stramonita floridana, Stramonita haemastoma has to my knowledge not been found in the UK. The species is common in the Mediterranean and is included here as both S. floridana and S. haemastoma were once considered to be subspecies, so are closely related. Stramonita floridana also occurs in Europe, on the Atlantic coast of Spain, where it has drifted across the Atlantic on fishing buoys.

Stramonita haemastoma Red mouthed rock shell marine snail images
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.