Conus spp. - cone shells
Description: cone-shaped shells in a variety of colors and forms
Size: up to 15 cm length
Habitat: buried in sand and in cracks and crevices; out in the open at night
Cypraea caputserpentis - snakehead cowry
Description: small, brown dome-shaped shell with white spots; often covered with a tan
mantle studded with tentacles
Size: up to 3 cm length
Habitat: shallow water under rocks and coral rubble
Cypraea tigris - tiger cowry
Description: large, spotted dome-shaped shell; often covered with a mottled mantle
studded with tentacles
Size: up to 10 cm length
Habitat: below 10 m on hard substrates
Hexabranchus sanguineus - Spanish dancer
Description: dorso-ventrally flattened slug; mottled red and white with a ring of posterior
gills and anterior rhinophores
Size: up to 25 cm length
Habitat: feeds on sponges; occasionally swimming
Morula spp. & Drupa spp. - thaidids
Description: robust shells, often covered with tubercules and short spines; aperture
occasionally lined with teeth.
Size: to 3 cm length
Habitat: common in shallow and moderately deep coral reefs in small cracks.
Octopus spp. - octopus
Description: 8-arms lined with suckers; mottled-brown and black, often with white spots
Size: up to 1 m length
Habitat: in holes and cracks on the reef; out in the open at night
