Mollusk Photos

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Venus comb murex.  Scientists speculate that the distinctively long and narrow spines are a protection against fish and other mollusks and prevent the mollusk from sinking into the soft, sandy mud where it is commonly found, Murex pecten
Venus comb murex. Scientists speculate that the distinctively long and narrow spines are a protection against fish and other mollusks and prevent the mollusk from sinking into the soft, sandy mud where it is commonly found.
Species: Venus comb murex, Murex pecten
Image ID: 12970  
Dendronotus iris swimming nudibranch, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, Dendronotus iris
Dendronotus iris swimming nudibranch, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island.
Species: Dendronotus iris
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35275  
Orange Peel Nudibranch, Tochuina gigantea, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, Tochuina gigantea
Orange Peel Nudibranch, Tochuina gigantea, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island.
Species: Orange peel nudibranch, Tochuina gigantea
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35259  
Red Nudibranch, Dendronotus rufus, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, Dendronotus rufus
Red Nudibranch, Dendronotus rufus, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island.
Species: Red nudibranch, Dendronotus rufus
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35271  
Cadlina luteomarginata, Yellow-edged Cadlina, a type of nudibranch of sea slug, San Diego, California
Cadlina luteomarginata, Yellow-edged Cadlina, a type of nudibranch of sea slug.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 37207  
Chestnut cowrie with mantle withdrawn, in front of golden gorgonian, Cypraea spadicea, San Diego, California
Chestnut cowrie with mantle withdrawn, in front of golden gorgonian.
Species: Chestnut Cowrie, Date Cowrie, Cypraea spadicea
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 37289  
Eye-to-eye with a brilliantly-colored Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, San Diego, Flabellinopsis iodinea
Eye-to-eye with a brilliantly-colored Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, San Diego.
Species: Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 37290  
Norris' Chromodorid, Felimida norrisi, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, Felimida norrisi, Isla Angel de la Guarda, Baja California
Norris' Chromodorid, Felimida norrisi, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Species: Norris' Chromodorid, Felimida norrisi
Location: Isla Angel de la Guarda, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 40356  
Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez.
Species: Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea
Location: Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 40471  
Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez.
Species: Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea
Location: Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 40474  
Clown Nudibranch, Triopha catalinae, Browning Passage, Vancouver Island, Triopha catalinae
Clown Nudibranch, Triopha catalinae, Browning Passage, Vancouver Island.
Species: Clown nudibranch, Triopha catalinae
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35291  
Alabaster Nudibranch, white-lined dirona, Dirona albolineata, Vancouver Island, Dirona albolineata
Alabaster Nudibranch, white-lined dirona, Dirona albolineata, Vancouver Island.
Species: Alabaster nudibranch, White-lined dirona, Dirona albolineata
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35317  
Clown Nudibranch, Triopha catalinae, Browning Passage, Vancouver Island, Triopha catalinae
Clown Nudibranch, Triopha catalinae, Browning Passage, Vancouver Island.
Species: Clown nudibranch, Triopha catalinae
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35318  
Hooded Nudibranch Melibe leonina swimming in mid water column, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, Canada, Melibe leonina
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: 35316  
Hooded Nudibranch Melibe leonina swimming in mid water column, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, Canada, Melibe leonina
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: 35319  
Hooded Nudibranch Melibe leonina swimming in mid water column, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, Canada, Melibe leonina
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: 35320  
Dendronotus iris swimming nudibranch, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, Dendronotus iris
Dendronotus iris swimming nudibranch, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island.
Species: Dendronotus iris
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35388  
Marcus' aeolid sea slug or nudibranch, Coryphellina marcusorum, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, Coryphellina marcusorum, Isla Angel de la Guarda, Baja California
Marcus' aeolid sea slug or nudibranch, Coryphellina marcusorum, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Species: Marcus' aeolid, Coryphellina marcusorum
Location: Isla Angel de la Guarda, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 40317  
Tambja abdere nudibranch, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, Tambja abdere, Isla Angel de la Guarda, Baja California
Tambja abdere nudibranch, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Species: Concealed Tambja Nudibranch, Tambja abdere
Location: Isla Angel de la Guarda, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 40355  
Speckeled Flatworm, Pseudoceros bajae, Sea of Cortez, Pseudoceros bajae, Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Speckeled Flatworm, Pseudoceros bajae, Sea of Cortez.
Species: Speckeled Flatworm, Pseudoceros bajae
Location: Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 40448  
Sacoglossan nudibranch Elysia diomedea, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, Elysia diomedea, Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California
Sacoglossan nudibranch Elysia diomedea, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Species: Elysia diomedea
Location: Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 40453  
Marine flatworm, Pseudoceros sp, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, Pseudoceros sp, Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California
Marine flatworm, Pseudoceros sp., Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Species: Pseudoceros sp
Location: Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 40462  
Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez.
Species: Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea
Location: Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 40466  
Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez.
Species: Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea
Location: Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 40467  
Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez.
Species: Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea
Location: Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 40470  
Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez.
Species: Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea
Location: Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 40473  
Nudibranch, Phyllidiella annulata, Fiji, Makogai Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago
Nudibranch, Phyllidiella annulata, Fiji.
Location: Makogai Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji
Image ID: 31559  
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