Gloripallium
pallium (Linnaeus,
1758)
67.6mm
Gloripallium
pallium is moderately
common at Kwajalein, usually found under rocks on lagoon pinnacles and interisland
reefs, and sometimes on the seaward reef. Shells are often heavily encrusted
with sponges and bryozoans. Some differences in animal coloration is evident.
Another species. Gloripallium speciosum, has a very similar shell.
This one's shell was being broken
up by a large Daldorfia crab, which abandoned its prey and ran away
when I approached.
Created
9 January 2018
Updated 22 October 2022
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