Bullia digitalis - Plough Snail
The plough snail is a scavenger who feasts on decaying matter and is part of the Nassariidae family.
I came across these Plough snails during my early morning walk and decided to catch one to take some shots of all its body parts as I have always been fascinated by them.
This sea snail has a narrow ovate shell and a long spire with a pointed apex (pointed tip – oldest part of the shell)with a creamy large oval foot at the aperture (is the opening of the shell where the body of the snail emerges to feed).
It has seven whorls with simple submargined suture which separates them.
On this photo you can clearly see its proboscis (mouth) which it use to suck up the soft tissues of its prey. They feed on dead jelly fish and bluebottles.
You can find these snails when the tide starts to rise, all along the surf zone on Kwazulu Natal’s sandy beaches in South Africa.
By Amada44 - CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
Photos were taken with a Samsung S7.
wow very nice pic
Very detailed and clear pictures of a snail. That creamy large oval looks kind of weird. Wonder if they are prevalent here in Cape Town, Table View
..is it safe to be eaten @crazymumzysa?
ardiardi2525 (32) nice job keep it up
Wow, nice pictures, i love snails. That first is rare to me, maybe not common in Africa where am from. Look at how it encumbered the ground with amazing small shell, i wonder how it pull itself inside it.
Wow thats an interesting one. I have never seen them in real. Looks even bigger than the shell, but very beautiful. Amazing photos and great work.
Enjoy your weekend :)
Macro photos..?
This is amazing!
the snail looks very beautiful from its yellow shell like one with the sand, in my area the snail is consumed by the people around the coast
I see your post is very good, I see there is a life worthy of being imitated from slugs, he is running slow but surely many people never pay attention to life that is hasty but they will get nothing.