Alex Mustard / Flamingo tongue (Cyphoma gibbosum) feeding on a seafan (Gorgonia ventalina) Cyphomas feed on corals and concentrate the toxic chemicals into their mantle, which they then wrap around the outside of it...

Norbert Wu / Flamingo Tongue Snail (Cyphoma gibbosum) feeding on Common Sea Fan (Gorgonia ventalina) showing deep purple tone where the Sea Fan has released protective compounds, Saba, Caribbean

David Fleetham / Pattern on a Flamingo Tongue (Cyphoma gibbosum). Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean.

Franco Banfi / Flamingo tongue cowrie (Cyphoma gibbosum) on Common sea fan (Gorgonia ventalina) Santa Lucia, Camaguey, Cuba, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean

Franco Banfi / Flamingo tongue cowrie (Cyphoma gibbosum) Isla de la Juventud, Cuba, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean

Alex Mustard / Flamingo tongue cowrie (Cyphoma gibbosum) on coral. Bloody Bay Wall, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Flamingo tongue cowrie (Cyphoma gibbosum) feeding on Sea rod soft corals.This species of cowrie absorbs toxic chemicals from the corals into body to become poisonous itself. East End, Grand Cayman, Ca...

Hiroya Minakuchi / Flamingo Tongue Snail (Cyphoma gibbosum) pair on coral, Caribbean

Pete Oxford / Flamingo Tongue Snail (Cyphoma gibbosum), Quintana Roo, Mexico

Claudio Contreras / Flamingo tongue shell (Cyphoma gibbosum) on Sea fan (Gorgonia sp) Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve, Caribbean Sea, Mexico, May

Claudio Contreras / Flamingo tongue shell (Cyphoma gibbosum) feeding on Venus sea fan (Gorgonia flabellum) Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve, Caribbean Sea, Mexico, May

Fred Bavendam / Flamingo Tongue Snail (Cyphoma gibbosum) on a Common Sea Fan (Gorgonia ventalina), Bahamas, Caribbean