What Is a Tricone Bit?

Shells are white or brown and usually have thick or thin shaft ribs. Shell mouth is round and thick. The horns are horny, black or yellow. Toothed tongue shaped. The teeth are smaller than the inside of the opposite side and have 1-5 tooth tips. The soft body secretes a lilac liquid. Usually parasitic on coelenterates.

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[Latin name] Eglisia tricarinata
[Namer] Adams et Reeve, 1850
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