Austrocochlea Constricta has a significant geographical distribution throughout Australia, commonly found on inter-tidal rock platforms where they reside in the crevices and cracks along with copious other marine invertebrates.  This marine gastropod is clearly identifiable by alternating banding of black and white laid down on the shell, size ranges greatly with each individual.

This varying in shell size lead to the question, does shell size have an effect on the tenacity and strength of the gastropod foot. Based on this the experiment which will be briefly outlined on this webpage hypothesised that the greater the shell mass of an individual the greater the tenacity and strength of the foot.

Organisms utilised in the study were collected from Woody Point, located on the Redcliffe Peninsula 24km northeast of Queensland’s capital Brisbane.