This golden wentletrap or wentle-trap shell, Epitonium billeeanum, is eating orange cup coral, Tubastraea coccinea, and has laid many of it's egg masses on this coral colony, Anilao, Philippines.


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Image ID: 0128789-DFL.jpg

This golden wentletrap or wentle-trap shell, Epitonium billeeanum, is eating orange cup coral, Tubastraea coccinea, and has laid many of it's egg masses on this coral colony, Anilao, Philippines.
Credit to: Blue Planet Archive / David B. Fleetham

Image dimensions: 3601x5400

URL for this image: https://pictures.blueplanetarchive.com/image/I0000z5GZcmBreX4

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