Gastropods / Snail photos

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Hooded Nudibranch Melibe leonina swimming in mid water column, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, Canada, Melibe leonina
Hooded Nudibranch Melibe leonina swimming in mid water column, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, Canada.
Species: Hooded nudibranch, Melibe leonina
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35452  
Red Nudibranch, Dendronotus rufus, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, Dendronotus rufus
Red Nudibranch, Dendronotus rufus, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island.
Species: Red nudibranch, Dendronotus rufus
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35453  
Simnia and egg cluster on red gorgonian, Delonovolva aequalis, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis, Anacapa Island
Simnia and egg cluster on red gorgonian.
Species: Red gorgonian, Simnia, Delonovolva aequalis, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis
Location: Anacapa Island, California
Image ID: 01983  
Dendronotus iris swimming nudibranch, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, Dendronotus iris
Dendronotus iris swimming nudibranch, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island.
Species: Dendronotus iris
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35532  
Orange Peel Nudibranch, Tochuina gigantea, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, Tochuina gigantea
Orange Peel Nudibranch, Tochuina gigantea, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island.
Species: Orange peel nudibranch, Tochuina gigantea
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35526  
Hooded Nudibranch Melibe leonina swimming in mid water column, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, Canada, Melibe leonina
Hooded Nudibranch Melibe leonina swimming in mid water column, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, Canada.
Species: Hooded nudibranch, Melibe leonina
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35528  
Alabaster Nudibranch, white-lined dirona, Dirona albolineata, Vancouver Island, Dirona albolineata
Alabaster Nudibranch, white-lined dirona, Dirona albolineata, Vancouver Island.
Species: Alabaster nudibranch, White-lined dirona, Dirona albolineata
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35529  
Nudibranch, Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary
Nudibranch.
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa
Image ID: 00704  
Norris topsnail (aka, kelp snail), clings to a kelp pneumatocyst (bubble) at the base of a stipe/blade, midway in the water column, Macrocystis pyrifera, Norrisia norrisi, San Nicholas Island
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, Haliotis rufescens
Red abalone.
Species: Red abalone, Haliotis rufescens
Image ID: 11822  
Red abalone, Haliotis rufescens
Red abalone.
Species: Red abalone, Haliotis rufescens
Image ID: 11823  
Red abalone, Haliotis rufescens
Red abalone.
Species: Red abalone, Haliotis rufescens
Image ID: 11824  
Red abalone, Haliotis rufescens
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, Parastichopus californicus
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, Parastichopus californicus
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, Cypraea spadicea
Chestnut cowry, mantle exposed to completely cover the hard exterior shell.
Species: Chestnut cowrie, Date cowrie, Cypraea spadicea
Image ID: 14020  
Pelagic opisthobranch or pteropod (wing foot), open ocean, Corolla calceola, San Diego, California
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, Corolla calceola, San Diego, California
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, Delonovolva aequalis, Anacapa Island
Simnia and egg cluster on gorgonian.
Species: Simnia, Delonovolva aequalis
Location: Anacapa Island, California
Image ID: 07025  
Spanish shawl  nudibranch, Flabellina iodinea, Flabellinopsis iodinea
Spanish shawl nudibranch.
Species: Purple aeolis, Spanish shawl, Flabellina iodinea, Flabellinopsis iodinea
Location: California
Image ID: 00266  
California sea cucumber detail, Parastichopus californicus, San Diego
California sea cucumber detail.
Species: California sea cucumber, Parastichopus californicus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 00607  
Hermit crab in olive shell, Olivella biplicata, Pagurus granosimanus, Monterey, California
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
Eolid nudibranch (prob Hermissenda), San Miguel Island.
Location: San Miguel Island, California
Image ID: 01065  
Nudibranch, Hermissenda crassicornis, San Miguel Island
Nudibranch.
Species: Opalescent nudibranch, Hermissenda crassicornis
Location: San Miguel Island, California
Image ID: 01066  
Nudibranch, Dendronotus albus, San Miguel Island
Nudibranch.
Species: Dendronotus albus nudibranch, Dendronotus albus
Location: San Miguel Island, California
Image ID: 01067  
Spanish shawl  nudibranch, Flabellina iodinea, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Santa Cruz Island
Spanish shawl nudibranch.
Species: Purple aeolis, Spanish shawl, Flabellina iodinea, Flabellinopsis iodinea
Location: Santa Cruz Island, California
Image ID: 02033  
Nudibranch egg mass, Monterey, California
Nudibranch egg mass.
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 02515  
Nudibranch egg mass, Monterey, California
Nudibranch egg mass.
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 02516  
Nudibranch egg mass, San Clemente Island
Nudibranch egg mass.
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 02517  
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