Cone Shell

This is a fairly common Cone Shell - Euprotomus bulla, usually buried under the sands and they come out at night to feed. They have interesting eyes at the end of their eye stalks.

This was wrongly identified as Euprotomus vomer previously.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Glad you found the species ID :) Posted 8 years ago
1. Albert Kang
  
  Lion
  
  Yes, a photographer friend submitted a picture of this Euprotomus vomer to an Underwater Photo Competition recently and he won for the category of Macro. Of course, his picture is much better than this picture. After he won the competition, he shared his picture and an expert in Marine Life gave the ID :) Posted 8 years ago

The Euprotomus bulla

''Euprotomus bulla'', common name : the Bubble Conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.{{WRMS species|478529|''Euprotomus bulla'' |||WoRMS . Euprotomus bulla . Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=478529 on 27 June 2010}}

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Similar species: Littorinimorpha

Species identified by Albert Kang