Warty egg shell
Maximum size: 3 cm
It has a parasitic nature,
it is found on leather corals where it slowly damages the coral so that it no longer opens.
Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Moalboal Philippines
Cyphoma sp.
Triangular cyphoma
Maximum length:?
I photographed this snail in Bonaire,
it was a maximum of 1 cm long and belongs to the ice snail category,
but which one is it exactly? In any case,
I haven't found anything that even remotely resembles it.
Today, on 28.10.2017 after inquiries in the WWW,
I found out that this species has not yet been named.
31.10.2017 today I was told that this species is not yet described,
so the name Cyphoma sp.1 is correct .
Photos 1 - 3 Johnny: Bonaire Caribbean
Diminovula culmen
Ridged egg cowry or ridged perl-ovulid
Maximum length: 1 cm
They live very well camouflaged on soft corals,
to which they adapt their colors and which they also eat.
Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Bangka Island North Sulawesi
Diminovula sp.
Egg shell
Maximum length: ?
A species not yet described.
Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Bangka Island North Sulawesi
Diminovula sp.
Egg shell
Maximum length: ?
A species not yet described.
Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Bangka Island North Sulawesi
Ovula costellata
Pink-mouth egg shell
Maximum size: 50 mm
Native to offshore reefs up to a depth of 30 m.
The animal has an orange-colored mantle with orange warts.
The foot is white with a fine black edge, the shell is a delicate white with a purple to pink tint.
The inside of the shell is purple.
Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Bonaire Caribbean
Ovula ovum
Common egg cowrie
Maximum size: 12 cm
This snail has a shiny shell reminiscent of light-colored porcelain.
The insides of the snail, on the other hand, are dark brown-reddish in color.
The shell of the adult snail is black with light spots.
Juveniles ( photo 3 ), on the other hand, have white warts with yellow spots on their mantle,
with which they imitate a poisonous nudibranch.
Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Bangka Island North - Sulawesi
Photo 3 Astrid: Bali Indonesia
Spindle cowry
Maximum length: 3, 5 cm
It is a predatory sea snail from the family Ovulidae, also known as false cowries.
Its shell is oval and smooth.
Some have a fine orange line along the edge of the shell, others have blotchy bars.
They are mostly found in soft corals, but also on gorgonians and whip corals.
Photo 1 Johnny: Lembeh Strait North - Sulawesi
Egg shell
Maximum length: 4 cm
Photo 1 Johnny: Hurghada Egypt