Sea Snails, Limpets (Gastropoda, excluding Euthyneura)

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Sea Snails, Limpets (Gastropoda, excluding Euthyneura)

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MichaelBedingfield wrote:

19 May 2025

Hi SaloteCottrell, thanks for your sighting. It looks like the location information you provided is incorrect. This sighting is not near the ocean or a marine rock pool. Please review and update the location of this record when you get a chance.

Dicathais orbita

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

19 May 2025

Bembicium nanum

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

19 May 2025

Nerita atramentosa

Jennyncmg wrote:

18 May 2025

Each is the operculum of the Turbo that seals the opening when the snail pulls back into its shell.

Turbo (Ninella) torquatus

Jennyncmg wrote:

17 May 2025

It is a species of cowrie but I don't know which one

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Sea Snails, Limpets (Gastropoda, excluding Euthyneura)

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