Chelidonura punctata
(Eliot, 1903)
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Identification is verified by Richard Willan, Nudi Pixel expert
Comment from Richard Willan: This tailed bubble snail is characterised by the presence of orange spots on both the dorsal and ventral surfaces and the fine white edge on the parapodia that becomes grey anteriorly. An interesting short paper was just published on C. punctata documenting its diet of acoel flatworms on a brain coral.
Reference: Mangubhai, S. 2007. Chelidonura punctata (Eliot, 1903) preys on acoel flatworms recruiting onto Playtgyra daedala (Ellis and Solander, 1786) in Kenya. Coral Reefs 26: 1057.
| Location: | Sodwana Bay, South Africa |
| Photographer: | Guido Zsilavecz |
| Camera: | Canon PowerShot A75 › View EXIF properties |
| Taken on: | August 9, 2005 |
| Viewed: | 424 times |
| Posted: | 11 months ago |
| Updated: | 11 months ago |
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Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Opisthobranchia |
| Order: | Cephalaspidea |
| Family: | Aglajidae |
| Species: | Chelidonura punctata |