Nudi Pixel: Nudibranchs and Sea Slugs Identification with Photographs

Cypraea staphylaea

This is not nudibranch or sea slug

Photographed by: Angelo de Faveri

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Prosobranchia
Order:	Sorbeoconcha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Species:	Cypraea staphylaea

This photo shows a juvenile individual that is crawling actively, so its mantle with its large bulbous papillae is completely covering the shell.

Locality:

• Kenya
  • Malindi (1) Sep

 

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