Heavenly King Red Spiral Shell

Heavenly King Red Spiral Shell

The Heavenly King Red Snail, also known as the Florida MacConck Snail, is a highly predatory sea snail found in subtropical and tropical regions. They are the largest gastropod class in American waters. The shell length of the Tianwang red spiral snail is 60 centimeters. The shell is shuttle shaped and has a long siphon tube with up to 10 spirals. The shell of the juvenile is bright orange and turns gray white to salmon orange as it grows, with a light yellow brown or dark brown stratum corneum. The Tianwang red spiral snail is preyed upon by other large marine predators, including the left-handed fragrant snail, queen phoenix snail, and bone snail genus. They also have same-sex cannibalism. In the aquarium, they also eat small hermit crabs.
Red spiral snail

Red spiral snail

The gastropod is a new gastropod in the family Convolvulaceae, with an oval shaped shell. The outer lip is not thickened, and there are spiral lines on the inner wall. The mouth cap is leaf shaped, with the nucleus located below. Soft parts are red. The central teeth of the tongue are narrow and have three pointed teeth. The lateral teeth have many comb shaped tips. Carnivorous.