Latin name: Calpurnus verrucosus
Common name: Spotted Calpurnius - Ovulide coral leather
English name: Umbilical ovulates
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Ovulidae
Dimensions: 3.5 cm
place where the photos were taken: peninsula of Moalboal, Cebu, Philippines - Balicasag Island, Bohol, Philippines.
is a ovulide that feeds on the coral of the genus Sarcophyton leather, in which we live perfectly imitating the livery porous.
Easily recognizable thanks to its special white coat with black dots and the shape of the shell with two navels evident at both ends of shaded pink.
This species is quite common at the local level and is found mostly in shallow water.
This species is quite common at the local level and is found mostly in shallow water.
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