Euprotomus bulla

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}}
ET! The eyes of Euprotomus bulla peeking out from its shell makes it looks like an Alien (ET?) Note : This was wrongly identified as Euprotomus vomer previously. Anilao,Batangas,Euprotomus bulla,Geotagged,Philippines,Shell,Snail,Summer

Appearance

The shell size varies between 48 mm and 90 mm.
Alien with 4 Eyes! This was a special find of a Euprotomus bulla as they normally have only 2 eyes whereas this one has 4 eyes. The 2 middle eyes are superfluous or anomaly. During the dive, I noticed that there was something different but just couldn't placed it. And I didn't get to take many pics of it as I was helping a diver who was not coping well with strong current at that point of the dive. The eyes are normally withdrawn into the shells when approached and I have to wait for quite a while before it feels comfortable to peek out again. Previously, I have posted this Cone Snail before and they were wrongly identified as Euprotomus vomer. It seems Euprotomus vomer are not recorded from the Philippines. This crucial information came from an expert who gave me the correct ID as he asked me for the use of this special picture to be used in a scientific paper to be publish soon. Anilao,Batangas,Cone Snail,Euprotomus bulla,Philippines,Shell,Snail

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along ''Indonesia'', the ''Ryukyus'' and Samoa.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderLittorinimorpha
FamilyStrombidae
GenusEuprotomus
SpeciesE. bulla
Photographed in
Philippines