Flamingo tongue

Facts

• A small snail, about an inch long. The bright spotted color is its soft mantle wrapped over the shell; the shell itself is plain white.^[1]
• Lives on sea fans and other gorgonians and feeds on their tissue. It takes in their toxins and becomes toxic itself.^[1]
• Collecting by snorkelers and divers is a threat to them, and once taken off the reef the shell is just plain white.^[1]

Where it's been reported (3)

From the sources on each dive site's page. Sightings are never guaranteed.

• Cayo Lobito · Culebra“resident nurse sharks, hawksbill turtles, flamingo tongues and southern stingrays” (SSI (Scuba Schools International))
• Black Wall · Guánica & La Parguera“bar jacks, schooling Atlantic spadefish, great barracuda, Caribbean reef sharks, flamingo tongue snails” (Paradise Scuba & Snorkeling Center)
• Efra's Wall · Guánica & La Parguera“spiny lobster, common octopus, flamingo tongue, arrow crabs — 2015-2017” (Puerto Rico DRNA / NOAA CRCP)