Sea snail
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Sea snails are slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from
A species of sea snail in its natural habitat: two individuals of the wentletrap Epidendrium billeeanum with a mass of egg capsules in situ on their food source, a red cup coral.
A sea snail Euthria cornea laying eggs
The shell of Syrinx aruanus can be up to 72 cm long.
A hermit crab occupying a shell of Acanthina punctulata has been disturbed, and has retracted into the shell, using its claws to bar the entrance in the same way the snail used its operculum.
Heterobranchia
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Heterobranchia, the heterobranchs, is a taxonomic clade of snails and slugs, which includes marine, aquatic, and terrestrial gastropod molluscs.
A shell of the marine species Bulla quoyii, which is an opisthobranch.
Caucasotachea atrolabiata
Architectonica perspectiva