Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater
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Pupa tessellata (Reeve, 1842)
Pupa tessellata belongs to the family Acteonidae. The housing are oval to spindle-shaped with operculum. Body white , shell white eith large dark brown or black markings. Pupa tessellata is a very small shell, that lives in sand and feeds on polychaete worms.
Pupa tessellata has a heavily calcified shell with widely spaced punctate striae and peach maculations. The body is translucent gray with white flecks.
This sand dweller found in protected to moderately protected back reef sand patches at depths of 1-3 m as well as in Halimeda kanaolana beds at depths up to 17 m , can be found at least 82 m.
It is nocturnally active, plowing through the sand just beneath the surface at night while remaining buried by day.
Pupa tessellata belongs to the family Acteonidae. The housing are oval to spindle-shaped with operculum. Body white , shell white eith large dark brown or black markings. Pupa tessellata is a very small shell, that lives in sand and feeds on polychaete worms.
Pupa tessellata has a heavily calcified shell with widely spaced punctate striae and peach maculations. The body is translucent gray with white flecks.
This sand dweller found in protected to moderately protected back reef sand patches at depths of 1-3 m as well as in Halimeda kanaolana beds at depths up to 17 m , can be found at least 82 m.
It is nocturnally active, plowing through the sand just beneath the surface at night while remaining buried by day.
