Mollusk photos

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: 35449  

Clown Nudibranch, Triopha catalinae, Browning Passage, Vancouver Island.
Species: Clown nudibranch, Triopha catalinae
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35450  

Alabaster Nudibranch, white-lined dirona, Dirona albolineata, Vancouver Island.
Species: Alabaster nudibranch, White-lined dirona, Dirona albolineata
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35451  

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.
Species: Red nudibranch, Dendronotus rufus
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35453  

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.
Species: Dendronotus iris
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35532  

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.
Species: Hooded nudibranch, Melibe leonina
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35528  

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.
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.
Species: Norris' top snail, Macrocystis pyrifera, Norrisia norrisi
Location: San Nicholas Island, California
Image ID: 10214  

Common cuttlefish.
Species: Common cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis
Image ID: 11777  

Common cuttlefish.
Species: Common cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis
Image ID: 11778  

Common cuttlefish.
Species: Common cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis
Image ID: 11779  

Common cuttlefish.
Species: Common cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis
Image ID: 11780  

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  

Green abalone.
Species: Green abalone, Haliotis fulgens
Image ID: 12888  

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  

Rock scallop surrounded by strawberry anemones.
Species: Rock scallop, Corynactis californica, Crassedoma giganteum
Image ID: 14006  

Rock scallop.
Species: Rock scallop, Crassedoma giganteum
Image ID: 14007  

Rock scallop.
Species: Rock scallop, Crassedoma giganteum
Image ID: 14008  

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

Squid egg casings. Each casing housings hundreds of tiny squid eggs. After the female squid has planted her egg casings to the sandy bottom, she will die.
Species: Common squid, Loligo opalescens
Image ID: 14931  

Horn shark eating opalescent squid eggs, Loligo opalescens.
Species: Horn shark, Heterodontus francisci
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 01069  

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