…is a colorful species of moon snail (Naticidae) that can be found throughout the waters of the Pacific. Like other moon snails N. orientalis is a predator and fees mainly on bivalves and other shelled molluscs. Once N. orientalis finds a prey item it will envelop the prey and bore a hole into its shell using its radula and a secretion. Once the hole is made it will insert its proboscis into the hole and consume it.
Classification
Animalia-Mollusca-Gastropoda-Caenogastropoda-Hypsogastropoda-Littorinimorpha-Naticoidea-Naticidae-Naticarius-N. orientalis
Image: Nick Hobgood
