Scutus unguis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
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 individual has its mantle flaps entirely closed over its shell as it is crawling actively. The shell itself is white and flattened, and looks like a duck’s bill.
| Location: | Anilao, Philippines |
| Photographer: | Chet King |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 350D › View EXIF properties |
| Taken on: | May 11, 2008 |
| Viewed: | 182 times |
| Posted: | 2 months ago |
| Updated: | 2 months ago |
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Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Prosobranchia |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Species: | Scutus unguis |