False Cowrie

Cuspivolva cuspis

• Group: Other

A small false cowrie that lives glued to sea fans, it grazes mucus and detritus from the gorgonians it depends on. Its smooth, polished shell often matches the colour of its host, and it has been found living alongside a slender whip coral.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Ovulidae › Cuspivolva

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 432361.