Hipponix prionocidaricola (Habe & Kanazawa, 1991)
16.65mm

This cap shell is reasonably common and always found attached to the spine of a slate pencil urchin such as Phyllacanthus imperialis.

There is usually a smaller male cap shell attached to the larger female.

16.25mm shell.

The usual urchin host, Phyllacanthus imperialis.

Created 13 March 2018
Updated 4 January 2024

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