Tag: Marine Gastropod
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Copperband Butterflyfish Found A Tulip Cone Snail In A Hole Then Emerged #shorts
A copperband butterflyfish (Chelmon rostratus) – with its elegant white body, bold black vertical bands, incredibly long tubular snout, and vivid yellow-orange tail – was gliding over the Indo-Pacific reef when it spotted something: a tiny tulip cone snail with a beautiful reticulated patterned shell and dark band. The snail vanished inside a sand hole.…
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French Grunt Found A Crown Cone Snail In A Hole Then Emerged #shorts
A French grunt (Haemulon flavolineatum) – with its pale silver-grey body, bright yellow stripes, yellow snout, and vivid yellow tail – was gliding over the Caribbean reef when it spotted something: a tiny crown cone snail with a beautiful checkerboard patterned shell and orange-red apical band. The snail vanished inside a sand hole. The grunt…