Kelletia kelletii
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Kelletia kelletii, common name Kellet's whelk, is a species of large sea snail, a whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the whelk family Austrosiphonidae.
Kelletia kelletii
A live Kelletia kelletii
A shell of Kelletia kelletii
Three Kelletia kelletii in captivity (one hidden behind another) feed on dead fish, each one using a long, prehensile proboscis to reach down to the food
California spiny lobster
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The California spiny lobster is a species of spiny lobster found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Monterey Bay, California, to the Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico. It typically grows to a length of 30 cm
Kelletia kelletii
…spiny lobster fishermen in some areas off southern California. These fishermen usually bait traps with dead fish in order to attract the spiny lobster Panulirus interruptus. Many times, however, a single lobster trap is found to contain dozens of Kelletia kelletii which were attracted to the trap by the "scent" of the bait…
California spiny lobster
The California sheephead is a major predator of the California spiny lobster.
Two California Spiny Lobsters offshore of Anacapa Island
California spiny lobster