Gastropods Gallery

Hooded nudibranchs (Melibe leonina) with oral hood for catching planktonic prey

Hooded nudibranchs (Melibe leonina) with oral hood for catching planktonic prey. In the Pacific Northwest they are often found clinging to bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana). Nigei Island, Queen Charlotte Strait, British Columbia, Canada. October

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Gastropod microfossil, SEM

Gastropod. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a gastropod microfossil from maldives beach sand. Microfossils are roughly 0.05 to 2mm in size. These are the remains of complete organisms, the common ones are foraminifera and ostracods. Magnification: x 80 when printed at 10 centimetres wide

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Cartoon of Garden Snail (helix aspera) with green body and multi coloured shell and brown Garden Slug (Arion hortensis), with eyes on top of long tentacles

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