Spurwinkia salsa is a species of very small aquatic snail, an operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochliopidae.
[2] Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 6 m.[3] Spurwinkia salsa is a species of herbivorous snail that grazes on detritus, diatoms, and other species of periphyton in estuarine environments.
[4] They also serve as prey for riparian and aquatic predators such as shorebirds, crabs, and fishes.
[5] Spurwinkia salsa is native to shallow brackish waters along the eastern North American coast, occurring in the northwest Atlantic from New Brunswick, Canada to Florida, USA.
[7] Spurwinkia salsa do not demonstrate sexual dimorphism, with males and females having shells that are not significantly different from one another.