Image: Heteropod, Atlanta peronii

Heteropod, Atlanta peronii.

Photographer:

Peter Parks

Rights:

© Image Quest 3-D

Additional information

The heteropod is a seafaring snail with a thin fragile shell containing only the heart and gills. It swims upside down, using its tiny shell as a keel. It has a toothy radula (tongue) in its long proboscis and is a voracious hunter, capable of devouring prey as large as itself.

Last Updated: 24 February 2010