Gastropod

Colsyrnola brunnea

• Group: Other

This tiny pyramid shell is a parasite rather than a grazer. Like most of its family it fastens onto a worm or mollusc host, pierces the skin with a needle like mouthpart and draws out body fluids.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Pyramidellidae › Colsyrnola

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 739229.