Nudi Pixel: Nudibranchs and Sea Slugs Identification with Photographs

Epitonium billeeanum

This is not nudibranch or sea slug

Photographed by: Mike Krampf

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Orthogastropoda
Order:	Neotaenioglossa
Family:	Epitoniidae
Species:	Epitonium billeeanum

This is the legendary Golden Wentletrap that feeds on Daffodil Corals (yellow and golden Tubastrea spp.). Normally these staircase shells, as wentletraps are also called, never leave their coral hosts. This one looks to be crawling actively in search of its coral.

Locality:

• Indonesia
  • Lembeh (1) Jul

 

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