The long-nosed phoenix snail (scientific name: Tibia fusus), also known as the long-billed phoenix snail and the flute snail.
Adult shells are 150 - 310 cm long and are hermaphroditic. The shell is thick, slender, conical, and the conch tower is longer than the body snail.
It lives in tropical and subtropical seas, from the South China Sea to the Western Indian Ocean.
The proboscis phoenix snail prefers to move in warm waters and shallow muddy or gravelly seafloor.
It inhabits sand, sediment and coral reef environments from the intertidal zone to shallow seas, generally in shallow reefs and seagrass meadows. It is a plant-feeding mollusk that feeds on algae and organic detritus.
The screw tower is high and pointed, the front water pipe is slender, the end is straight or slightly curved, if there is no break, sometimes longer than the shell, so it is named the proboscis snail.
The near-front end of the shell is jagged, called the "phoenix snail missing", which is the pipe that extends from the right eye of the snail to spy on changes in the external environment. The shell surface is brown with a layer of hairy shell skin.
This is a medium-sized phoenix snail, the unique long nose makes it very recognizable, in fact, this long nose is its front water pipe groove.
Long straight or slightly curved nose can even account for more than half of the total length, some nose length can reach 15 cm, such a slender nose, but also often wear or even break, want to collect the front water pipe integrity is very difficult, intact probosciss conch shell is regarded as a treasure.
Instead of gliding like a snail, the proboscis phoenix snail pushes its body forward with its sharp, sickle-like lid. The animal's feet are narrow, strong, agile, and can jump forward, jumping up to 10.2 centimeters.
Its flesh is edible, the shell shape is peculiar, the shell surface is beautiful in color, bright and shiny, it can be viewed, and it can also be made into ornaments and works of art, and its value is high.
Source: Oyster House Studio, Baidu Encyclopedia, Network