Spider Shell (Lambis lambis) Showing operculum, part of the foot and eye stalks. Spider Shell (Lambis lambis) Showing operculum, part of the foot and eye stalks. Gastropoda color colour white spikes spines foot eyes gastropod gastropods shell shells mollusc molluscs shell armor armour armoured armored protect protected protection hard sheild shield home house shelter sheltered safe safety secure security secured sheltering nest |Spider Shell (Lambis lambis)
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Moon Snail (Polinices sp.) foraging over sea bed with extended mantle. Moon Snail (Polinices sp.) foraging over sea bed with extended mantle. Naticidae Gastropoda, Neotaenioglossa single one alone lonely isolated individual small tiny minute minuet miniscule diminutive macro micro little minor minature miniature petite puny gastropod gastropods shell shells mollusc molluscs soft delicate fragile breakable search searching searched seek seeking forage foraging sense senses smell smelling scent detect detecting find finding |Moon Snail (Polinices sp.)
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Helmut Shell (Cassis cornuta) Helmut Shell (Cassis cornuta) Molluscs |Helmut Shell (Cassis cornuta)
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Ammonite fossil found on ice bound arctic shale beach. Ammonite fossil found on ice bound arctic shale beach. ancient shoreline Molluscs |Ammonite fossil found on ice bound arctic shale beach.
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Dog Whelks (Nassarius dorsatus) feeding at low tide on oyster. Dog Whelks (Nassarius dorsatus) feeding at low tide on oyster. group gathering mass attack gang mob siphons many Molluscs |Dog Whelks (Nassarius dorsatus)
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Harp Shell (Harpa armouretta) Harp Shell (Harpa armouretta) pattern hunting Molluscs |Harp Shell (Harpa armouretta)
Purple-ring Top Snail (Calliostoma annulatum) among Club-tipped Anemones (Corynactis californica) Purple-ring Top Snail (Calliostoma annulatum) among Club-tipped Anemones (Corynactis californica) vertical red surrounded different contrast Molluscs |Purple-ring Top Snail (Calliostoma annulatum)
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This gelatinous disk of eggs is about two inches across and was photographed in open ocean at night, several miles off the Big Island of Hawaii. This gelatinous disk of eggs is about two inches across and was photographed in open ocean at night, several miles off the Big Island of Hawaii. seawater sea jelly fish water transparent saltwater pacific ocean gelatinous eggs egg mass unidentified unknown black night Molluscs |This gelatinous disk of eggs is about two inches across and was photographed in open ocean at night, several miles off the Big Island of Hawaii.
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Sea Snail (Littoraria pallescens) with extended proboscis on mangrove root. Sea Snail (Littoraria pallescens) with extended proboscis on mangrove root. climbing ascending slowly nose snout home house night Molluscs |Sea Snail (Littoraria pallescens)
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Heteropod (Pterotrachea hippocampus) Heteropods are visual predators and along with Janthinids are the only prosobranch gastropods to live their lives entirely in open ocean. It's tail is on the left and the fur-like appendage is the gills. Heteropod (Pterotrachea hippocampus) Heteropods are visual predators and along with Janthinids are the only prosobranch gastropods to live their lives entirely in open ocean. It's tail is on the left and the fur-like appendage is the gills. seawater sea water transparent saltwater pacific ocean unidentified unknown Big Island of Hawaii open black night translucent species Pelagic invertebrate Hawaii zooplankton Pelagic Heteropod Pterotrachea sp. Phylum Mollusca gastropoda predators janthinids prosobranch gastropods female Pterotracheid heteropod shell-less prosobranch Molluscs |Heteropod (Pterotrachea hippocampus)
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Mexican Helmet Shell (Casmaria vibexmexicana) with extended foot while foraging over sand. Mexican Helmet Shell (Casmaria vibexmexicana) with extended foot while foraging over sand. nose snout sniffing smelling searching slithering sand pattern foraging eyes Molluscs |Mexican Helmet Shell (Casmaria vibexmexicana)
