Mysticoncha sp.
This is not nudibranch or sea slug
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Identification is verified by Richard Willan, Nudi Pixel expert
Comment from Richard Willan: This is a prosobranch snail related to the Bean cowries (Triviidae). It has an internal shell (which lies under the skin beneath the large ‘hump’ in the centre of the animal, and it feeds on compound ascidians. So it is not an nudibranch and you will have to move this photo to the non-nudibranch pages of Nudi Pixel.
| Location: | Fremantle, Australia |
| Photographer: | Brent Murdoch |
| Camera: | Olympus C8080 Wide Zoom › View EXIF properties |
| Taken on: | May 18, 2007 |
| Viewed: | 420 times |
| Posted: | 1 year ago |
| Updated: | 11 months ago |
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Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Orthogastropoda |
| Order: | Neotaenioglossa |
| Family: | Velutinidae |
| Species: | Mysticoncha sp. |