16 photos - 9 species


Calpurnus verrucosus

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

Juvenile
Juvenile

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


Pellasimnia improcera

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


Phenacovolva sp.

Egg shell

Maximum length: 4 cm 

Photo 1 Johnny: Hurghada Egypt