- Source: Epidendrium billeeanum
Epidendrium billeeanum, commonly known as the yellow sea snail or the golden wentletrap, is a species of small predator and ectoparasite sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.
Distribution
This species is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific and the occidental Pacific Ocean including the Red Sea, Hawaii and the Galapagos.
Description
The golden wentletrap has a bright yellow helicoidal shell which grows up to 1 cm in length. It is often found on corals from genus Tubastraea on which it feeds.
References
External links
Media related to Epidendrium billeeanum at Wikimedia Commons
"Epitonium (Asperiscala) billeeanum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=523762