Life in the big sea

Necklace shell or moon snail

Are the common names for

This predatory gastropod;  

It plays its natural game of

Covering completely

Its bivalve prey, then

Drilling through the shell

And using its proboscis to

Eat – a system that works well.

Thank you, Claudia O., for introducing me to this amazing animal. Below is the “sand collar” of a Moon snail.