Sea Shells

The allied cowrie Cuspivolva platysia on its obligate host, an Euplexaura species of gorgonian soft coral.

There are many beautiful false or allied cowries and Diminovula aurantiomacula is but one showing that whilst the shell may be plain the mantle is beautifully decorated.

Looking for all the world like a toxic nudibranch a juvenile Ovula ovum browses upon a soft coral colony

Conus geographus; the most deadly cone shell in the world.