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

Georgette Douwma / Spindle Cowrie (Phenacovolva sp.). West Papua, Indonesia. Indo-West Pacific.

Juergen Freund / Lumholtz Lodge - Bed and Breakfast and home of Margit Cianelli, tree kangaroo wildlife carer. Lumholtz Lodge, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. Model released.

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Allied cowrie (Diminovula punctata) on a soft coral (Dendronepthya sp ) with its egg mass close by. Po Bin Chau, Sai kung, Hong Kong, China.

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Allied cowrie (Diminovula punctata) group on a soft coral (Dendronepthya sp.) Bluff Island, south of Sai Kung Peninsula of Hong Kong, China.

Georgette Douwma / Soft coral cowrie (Primovula roseomaculata). Ambon, Indonesia.

Franco Banfi / Allied cowry (Hiatavolva coarctata) on sea fan (Rumphella sp) Tubbataha Reef Natural Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sulu Sea, Cagayancillo, Palawan, Philippines

Franco Banfi / Allied cowry (Hiatavolva coarctata) on sea fan (Rumphella sp) Tubbataha Reef Natural Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sulu Sea, Cagayancillo, Palawan, Philippines

Constantinos Petrinos / Rosy spindle cowrie (Phenacovolva rosea) on Branching Black Coral (Antipathes sp) Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Constantinos Petrinos / Rosy spindle cowrie (Phenacovolva rosea) on Branching Black Coral (Antipathes sp) Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Georgette Douwma / Common egg cowrie (Ovula ovum) Similan Islands, Andaman Sea, Thailand.

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