Sandalia triticea
Amazing fact
When stressed, Sandalia triticea pulls the membrane covering its shell completely inside.
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Its color matches the sea fan it lives on: yellow, pale yellow, deep red and more.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Sandalia triticea
- Scientific name
- Sandalia triticea
- Japanese name
- ツグチガイ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Littorinimorpha
- Family
- Ovulidae
- Genus
- Sandalia
From southern Hokkaido to Kyushu, it lives on the shore attached to isobana sea fans.
How the Sandalia triticea lives
It lives by feeding on coral polyps. It normally covers its shell with a membrane called the mantle.
국립해양생물자원관Basic data
- Range
- Southern Hokkaido to Kyushu
Where the Sandalia triticea has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ツグチガイChecked: 2026-11-04
- 국립해양생물자원관 — 주홍토끼고둥 Sandalia triticea (Lamarck, 1810)Checked: 2026-11-09
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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