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Type of sea snail

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Field Notes

Notes:

Spotted this type of sea snail at a depth of 8m. It was nearly perfectly camouflaged by a stand of staghorn coral. It was roughly 4cm long.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
rafpicardal
No problem my new friend Blogie. Anytime. ;-)
Blogie
Thanks very much for your help, rafpicardal! :)
rafpicardal
It's Coralliophila (Coralliophila) neritoidea,(Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1816) Common in the Indo-Pacific to Africa.. Yes it's a coral that covers on it.. :-)
Blogie
The spiky protrusions you see are part of its shell. I don't think coral grew over it...
LivanEscudero
It looks like some coral took hold ,grew, and covered its shell.
Maria dB
so it crawled inside in the coral and is only visible in the last photo?

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PublishedFebruary 29, 2012

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