In fact, I am also curious about how many varieties of beautiful sea hare snails there are in the world.
Taken in the waters off Ambon, Indonesia, on February 2, 2020
Tabby sea hare snail, one of many beautiful species of sea hare snails, lives on the branches of sea fans or gorgonian corals and feeds on the polyps of sea willows and sea fans.
Tabby sea hare snail scientific name? I didn't write it because I couldn't read it myself, but the record of the scientific name was only discovered in 1973.
The English name of the tabby sea hare snail is Tiger egg cowrie.
Curiously, the markings of two tabby sea hare snails photographed in the same sea area are not the same.
Taken on February 7, 2020, in the waters off Ambon, Indonesia
Tabby sea hare snail characteristics: generally very small, the longest is 1.5 cm, bright yellow, black stripes, such as tiger stripes. There are also sources called tiger striped sea hare snails.
According to the data, the tabby sea hare snail is only distributed in Indonesia, the Philippines and Australia.
The specimen of the tabby sea hare snail is also a favorite of shell Tibetans.
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