Flamingo tongue snails (Cyphoma gibbosum) feeding on a sea fan (Gorgonia sp.). These sea snails feed on the polyps of sea fans,sucking them out of their holes with their syphons (not seen). The snail's shell is a dull beige colour (right),but it has a brightly patterned fleshy mantle,which it extrudes and wraps around its shell (left). Flamingo tongue snails measure between 2 and 4 centimetres. Photographed in the Bahamas,in the Caribbean Sea | |
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