Carinate Dovesnail

At a glance

Carinate Dovesnail (Alia carinata) is a marine snail present across the CatchRules coverage area but without species-specific bag, size, or season rules tracked in our regulatory dataset.

Confirmed by 1,165 research-grade iNaturalist observations, with California, British Columbia, and Washington the top jurisdictions by observation count.

Notable details

• Adults rarely exceed 1 cm in shell length, making them easy to overlook in tidepools.
• The word 'carinate' refers to the distinct keel-shaped ridge on the outer whorl of its shell.
• It ranges along rocky Pacific shores from Alaska to Baja California, Mexico.
• These tiny snails shelter under rocks and coralline algae mats in the low intertidal zone.

Where Carinate Dovesnail are seen

• California973 iNat obs
• British Columbia90 iNat obs
• Washington67 iNat obs
• Alaska32 iNat obs
• Oregon3 iNat obs

Background

Alia carinata, common name the "carinate dove shell", is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.

Background excerpt adapted from Wikipedia's Carinate Dovesnail article (CC BY-SA). Visit Wikipedia for the full entry.

Other marine snails (whelk/conch) on CatchRules

• Atlantic DogwhelkNucella lapillus
• California ConeCaliforniconus californicus