Phylum :
MolluscaClass :
CephalopodaSubclass :
NautiloideaOrder :
NautilidaFamily :
Nautilidae
Common name : nautilus
Aspect : rounded, smooth with a white underside and striped with brown bands above. the shell is a tube wound in a spiral and cut into about thirty "chambers" which are crossed by a conduit. the animal's body is in the last chamber.
Feeding : carnivore
Environment : warm seas, Indo-Pacific region, near reefs