Engina ??

[GerritM]

Hi Don!
Do you have an idea, which snail it could be? Or isn´t possible with this pic´s?
My guess was a Engina sp., but i don´t find a realy similar species. Sorry for the red calc algae on the snail, but i get it not away, unscathed.
I don´t know, where they came from, i think Indonesia. Size 1,3 cm.

regards
Gerrit

 

[pagojoe]

Nope, not Engina. It's either a juvenile Drupella or Morula or related muricid. The greenish body is distinctive. My guess is that it's a juvenile Morula albanigra. I'm not sure what it eats, but some related snails feed on corals. If it had formed an adult lip, it should look like this:

http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_24758.shtml

Cheers,



Don

 

[GerritM]

Ok, thanks Don for your reply. I'll be watching what she eats and how it evolved.