[3] These species of snails live on limestone rocks, where they feed on algae and lichen.

It takes two to three wet seasons for development from a juvenile to a fully grown shell .

For aestivation, aggregates are often formed, sometimes reaching sizes of many hundreds of individuals.

During the last dry season prior to sexual maturation, the subadult snail (the shell of which is already fully developed, albeit thinner than that of an adult) increases the size of its genital organs.

Population densities can sometimes be very high, in spite of heavy predation by beetle larvae of the genus Drilus.