User:Tao Eethril/Thylacodes variabilis

Description
Thylacodes variabilis has a white-brown shell, which is coiled or partly straight and can reach a diameter of 14 millimeters. The shell is often overgrown with coralline algae or coated with sand grains. This is the only worm snail in Hawaii that has no operculum. Their body color is polychromatic, individuals vary in coloration from white to beige, brown, yellow and orange. Like other members of its family, Thylacodes variabilis filter algae and detritus out of the water column as their source of nutrients.

Habitat
Thylacodes variabilis resides down to depths of 40 feet. The snail lives in open environments, to include: tide pools, shallow, wave-swept reef flats, and rocky reefs. They attach their shell to natural and artificial surfaces. They can also be transported on vessel hulls and other drifting substrates.