Flamingo tongue snail (Cyphoma gibbosum)(in Explore)
The colours are not in the shell, but are only due to the thin flaps of live mantle tissue which usually cover the shell. The mantle flaps can be retracted, exposing the plain shell when attacked. They feed on the coral.
Dive site :- Tolo, Bonaire. Taken at a depth of 11.1 metres.
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Flamingo tongue snail (Cyphoma gibbosum)(in Explore)
The colours are not in the shell, but are only due to the thin flaps of live mantle tissue which usually cover the shell. The mantle flaps can be retracted, exposing the plain shell when attacked. They feed on the coral.
Dive site :- Tolo, Bonaire. Taken at a depth of 11.1 metres.
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Uploaded on August 13, 2011
Taken on May 15, 2009