Burrowing Coral-Shell

Magilus antiquus

• Group: Other

A snail that grows trapped inside living coral, the burrowing coral shell becomes sealed within the colony as the coral grows around it. It spends its life lodged a metre or so down in the reef, feeding from its host instead of crawling free.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Muricidae › Magilus

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 208566.