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malformalady: Moon snails are a family of minute to large-sized predatory sea snails. Naticids are predatory, feeding mostly on bivalves. They will also attack almost any other shelled mollusk they encounter in the sand, including other moon snails. The moonsnail envelops the prey and then bores a hole through the shell using their radula and an acid secretion. Once the shell is bored open, the proboscis is used to consume the flesh of the prey. The hole in the shell, which has a “countersunk” appearance with chamfered edges and which varies in size according to the species, is a characteristic diagnostic sign of moon snail predation. Photo credit: © 2012 Piotr Rotkiewicz
4nimalparty: Craigieburns from Peak Hill, Canterbury, New Zealand (by goneforawander)