Search results for Snail

Norris topsnail (aka, kelp snail), clings to a kelp pneumatocyst (bubble) at the base of a stipe/blade, midway in the water column.
Species: Norris' top snail, Macrocystis pyrifera, Norrisia norrisi
Location: San Nicholas Island, California
Image ID: 10214  

Red abalone.
Species: Red abalone, Haliotis rufescens
Image ID: 11822  

Red abalone.
Species: Red abalone, Haliotis rufescens
Image ID: 11823  

Red abalone.
Species: Red abalone, Haliotis rufescens
Image ID: 11824  

Red abalone.
Species: Red abalone, Haliotis rufescens
Image ID: 11825  

California sea cucumber. Sea cucumbers are related to sea stars and sea urchins. The sharp looking spines are soft to the touch and disappear into the skin when disturbed. If this visual defense doesnt work, the sea cucumber will expel its respiratory system. When this occurs in the wild it can regrow the lost organs.
Species: California sea cucumber, Parastichopus californicus
Image ID: 13732  

California sea cucumber. Sea cucumbers are related to sea stars and sea urchins. The sharp looking spines are soft to the touch and disappear into the skin when disturbed. If this visual defense doesnt work, the sea cucumber will expel its respiratory system. When this occurs in the wild it can regrow the lost organs.
Species: California sea cucumber, Parastichopus californicus
Image ID: 13733  

Chestnut cowry, mantle exposed to completely cover the hard exterior shell.
Species: Chestnut cowrie, Date cowrie, Cypraea spadicea
Image ID: 14020  

Badwater, Death Valley. A spring feeds this small pool year round. The water is four times more saline than ocean water. The small Badwater snail (Assiminea infima) is found only in Death Valley, in spring-fed pools such as these, and is threatened by habitat destruction. At 282 feet below sea level, Badwater is the lowest point in North America.
Location: Badwater, Death Valley National Park, California
Image ID: 20554  

Badwater, Death Valley. A spring feeds this small pool year round. The water is four times more saline than ocean water. The small Badwater snail (Assiminea infima) is found only in Death Valley, in spring-fed pools such as these, and is threatened by habitat destruction. At 282 feet below sea level, Badwater is the lowest point in North America.
Location: Badwater, Death Valley National Park, California
Image ID: 20604  

Pelagic opisthobranch or pteropod (wing foot), open ocean.
Species: Pteropod, Corolla calceola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 01264  

Pelagic opisthobranch or pteropod (wing foot), open ocean.
Species: Pteropod, Corolla calceola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 02490  

Simnia and egg cluster on gorgonian.
Species: Simnia, Delonovolva aequalis
Location: Anacapa Island, California
Image ID: 07025  

Spanish shawl nudibranch.
Species: Purple aeolis, Spanish shawl, Flabellina iodinea, Flabellinopsis iodinea
Location: California
Image ID: 00266  

California sea cucumber detail.
Species: California sea cucumber, Parastichopus californicus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 00607  

Hermit crab in olive shell.
Species: Hermit crab, Olivella biplicata, Pagurus granosimanus
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 01033  

Eolid nudibranch (prob Hermissenda), San Miguel Island.
Location: San Miguel Island, California
Image ID: 01065  

Nudibranch.
Species: Opalescent nudibranch, Hermissenda crassicornis
Location: San Miguel Island, California
Image ID: 01066  

Nudibranch.
Species: Dendronotus albus nudibranch, Dendronotus albus
Location: San Miguel Island, California
Image ID: 01067  

Nudibranch.
Species: Mexichromis porterae nudibranch, Mexichromis porterae
Location: San Miguel Island, California
Image ID: 01068  

Spanish shawl nudibranch.
Species: Purple aeolis, Spanish shawl, Flabellina iodinea, Flabellinopsis iodinea
Location: Santa Cruz Island, California
Image ID: 02033  

Nudibranch egg mass.
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 02515  

Nudibranch egg mass.
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 02516  

Nudibranch egg mass.
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 02517  

Nudibranch.
Species: Clown nudibranch, Triopha catalinae
Location: San Miguel Island, California
Image ID: 02518  

A California spiny lobster sits amid four red abalone on a shale reef shelf.
Species: Spiny lobster, Haliotis rufescens, Panulirus interruptus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 02546  

Kellets whelk laying eggs.
Species: Kellet's whelk, Kelletia kelleti
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 02553  

Navanax nudibranch, Islas San Benito.
Species: Navanax aenigmaticus
Location: San Benito Islands (Islas San Benito), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 04591  

Nudibranch, Islas San Benito.
Species: Tambja eliora nudibranch, Tambja eliora
Location: San Benito Islands (Islas San Benito), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 04592  

Nudibranch, Islas San Benito.
Species: Tambja fusca nudibranch, Tambja fusca
Location: San Benito Islands (Islas San Benito), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 04594