Snails & Clams
Marine Life / Snails & Clams
Shelled molluscs of Philippine reefs, from tiny ovulids and cowries to conchs, sundials and flashing file clams.
- Electric Flame Scallop Ctenoides ales
The electric flame scallop or disco clam (Ctenoides ales) is a file clam with red tentacles and a lip that flashes like a light show.
- Fragile File Shell Limaria fragilis
The fragile file shell (Limaria fragilis) is a small, thin-shelled file clam fringed with long, sticky red-orange tentacles.
- Clear Sundial Architectonica perspectiva
The clear sundial (Architectonica perspectiva) is a sand-dwelling snail with a flat, spiralled shell banded in brown and cream.
- Scorpion Conch Lambis scorpius
The scorpion conch (Lambis scorpius) is a spider conch with long, knobbly spines along the lip of its shell.
- Toenail Cowry Calpurnus verrucosus
The toenail cowry (Calpurnus verrucosus) is a white ovulid with a pink-tipped knob at each end of its shell, living on leather corals.
- Margarita Pearl-ovulid Diminovula margarita
The margarita pearl-ovulid (Diminovula margarita) is a tiny ovulid with a rounded, pearl-like shell, living on soft corals.
- Ridged Pearl-ovulid Diminovula culmen
The ridged pearl-ovulid (Diminovula culmen) is a tiny ovulid with a ridge across its shell, camouflaged on soft corals.
- Rosewater's Primovula Primovula rosewateri
Rosewater's primovula (Primovula rosewateri) is a tiny ovulid that lives on gorgonians and soft corals, matching its host's colours.
- Semper's Ovulid Prosimnia semperi
Semper's ovulid (Prosimnia semperi) is a small ovulid with a pink to purple shell, living on gorgonian sea fans.
- Humped Conch Euprotomus bulla
The humped conch (Euprotomus bulla) is a strombid snail with a heavy, knobby shell and a flared lip.
- Crystalline Sea Star Snail Thyca crystallina
The crystalline sea star snail (Thyca crystallina) is a small parasitic snail with a cap-shaped shell, found clinging to sea stars.
- Yellow Cowry Palmadusta lutea
The yellow cowry (Palmadusta lutea) is a small cowry with a glossy, egg-shaped shell banded in yellow-brown and marked with fine dark spots along its sides.