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Sea slugs & snails

Filamentose Spindle Shell

Filifusus filamentosus

Also known as: Filamentous Horse Conch, Horse Conch, Spindle Shell, Tulip Shell

Adult
@fishx6 · Lembeh, Indonesia · August 20081 / 2
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Overview

Found during the day, in shallow waters, beneath dead coral slabs, emerging to feed at night, over lagoons and seaward reefs.
They feed nocturnally on invertebrates and other snails.

Horse Conches are long and spindly with high spired shells, often found encrusted in algae.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
  • Country only · 2
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Found during the day, in shallow waters, beneath dead coral slabs, emerging to feed at night, over lagoons and seaward reefs.

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Adult photos 2

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumMollusca
    3. classGastropoda
    4. orderNeogastropoda
    5. familyFasciolariidae
    6. genusFilifusus
    7. speciesFilifusus filamentosus (Röding, 1798)

    SourcesWoRMSWikipedia

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    More in the family

    Sea Snails (Fasciolariidae)