Opeatostoma pseudodon (thorn latirus snail) 2 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Opeatostoma pseudodon (thorn latirus snail) 2 / James St. John
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | Opeatostoma pseudodon (Burrow, 1815) - thorn latirus snail (apertural view) (public display, Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA)The gastropods (snails & slugs) are a group of molluscs that occupy marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments. Most gastropods have a calcareous external shell (the snails). Some lack a shell completely, or have reduced internal shells (the slugs & sea slugs & pteropods). Most members of the Gastropoda are marine. Most marine snails are herbivores (algae grazers) or predators/carnivores.The thorn latirus snail shown above is part of the Panamic Province: "Much richer in species than its Caribbean counterpart, the tropical-water Panamic area extends from the Gulf of California, along the Pacific coast of Central America to Ecuador. Known for its wide tidal ranges, its sandy-mud shores and offshore waters abound in colorful murexes, cones, olives and cowries. Over 2,500 species are known from here, including the endemic tent olive." [info. from museum signage]Classification: Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, FasciolariidaeLocality: unrecorded/undisclosed/unspecified-------------------------More info. at:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opeatostoma_pseudodon |
| 撮影日 | 2016-01-03 17:15:40 |
| 撮影者 | James St. John |
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