earthstory:Carrier SnailThese sea-snails really like to decorate. As they grow, they grab things fro
earthstory:Carrier SnailThese sea-snails really like to decorate. As they grow, they grab things from their surroundings, living or dead, and hold them in place while their shell grows around them, and cements them into place.These remarkable gastropods are in the genus Xenophora (xeno = ‘foreign’, phora = ‘carrier’), and are found in deep tropical waters throughout the Indo-Pacific, from East Africa, all the way to New Zealand and Japan. The specimen in this photo is Xenophora pallidula, or ‘pale carrier snail’. Keep reading -- source link
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