Mysticoncha sp.

Photo of Mysticoncha sp. taken by Brent Murdoch at Fremantle, Australia (verified by Richard Willan)
Scientific Classification:
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
SubclassOrthogastropoda
OrderNeotaenioglossa
FamilyVelutinidae
SpeciesMysticoncha sp.

Information

Comment from expert, Richard Willan: This is a prosobranch snail related to the Bean cowries (Triviidae). It has an internal shell (which lies under the skin beneath the large ‘hump’ in the centre of the animal, and it feeds on compound ascidians. So it is not an nudibranch and you will have to move this photo to the non-nudibranch pages of Nudi Pixel.

Locality

Australia
( 2 photos )
Fremantle
( 1 photos )
May
Rottnest Island
( 1 photos )
Dec

Sample Photos of Mysticoncha sp.

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Photo by Chris Cunnold in Rottnest Island, Australia