Heart Urchin
Moira atropos
A fragile, heart-shaped test with sunken grooves, thin as an eggshell.
- Typical size
- 1–2.5 in
- How often it turns up
- Uncommon whole
- Collecting
- Restricted
- Handling
- May be alive
Only collect empty tests; live animals should be reburied.
How to tell it apart
- Heart-shaped outline with a groove at the front
- Deep sunken petal grooves
- Extremely fragile, papery white
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