Caudal mucous pit Caudal mucous pit The caudal mucous pit, or caudal mucous horn, is an anatomical structure on the tail end of the foot of various land snails and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks. The function of this pit is the resorption of mucus when the gastropod is moving (see also Muratov 1999). An incorrect and yet often-used term for this structure is the "caudal gland". This area also used to be referred to by the term "caudal pore". Families of snails and slug where a caudal mucous pit exists in every species included: Families/subfamilies where is caudal mucous pit exists only
Barred-fin moray Africa to Polynesia and Hawaii, and also from Taiwan to New Caledonia. This moray eel likes shallow and detrital waters from lagoons and external reef slopes up to 132 feet (40 meters). The barred-fin moray is a carnivore, solitary, secretive and benthic animal. During daytime, it sits in a shelter where it lives often invisible and at night, it goes out to actively hunt prey, consisting of small fishes. Barred-fin moray The barred-fin moray or bar-tail moray ("Gymnothorax zonipectis") is a species of marine fish in the family Muraenidae. The barred-fin moray is a medium-sized fish that can reach a