Jeweled Top Snail

Image: Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory
Calliostoma annulatum

Him: "I couldn't afford a diamond ring so I tied a snail to a bit of string instead."

Her: "It's BEAUTIFUL!"

Image: Ken-ichi Ueda

The Jeweled Top Snail is a marine snail...

Image: Renee V

Who rides around in the equivalent of a gold-plated limousine.

Image: Wikipedia

Actually, it's probably a tighter fit in there so it's probably more like something a little smaller. Still covered in gold and jewels, though!

Video: BMSCLive

These dazzling gastropods reach about 2 cm (an inch) long and inspire jealousy among fellow inhabitants of kelp forests from Alaska to California.

Image: Steve Lonhart (SIMoN / MBNMS)

They're omnivorous, feasting on the actual kelp as well as algae and various encrusting creatures like hydroids and bryozoans. They may even feed on the corpses of dead fish!

Image: California Academy of Sciences

"May I just say that it is my greatest pleasure to contribute my cold, rotting flesh to the continued splendour of your most illustrious carriage.

It's what I would've wanted"