My final mollusc of the challenge just had to sneak in here to round off my Seashore series… Hydatina Zonata, an intertidal zone inhabitant, usually found cast up on a wrack line. Fragile, akin to a fine eggshell, these beautiful little molluscs were a lucky find on a windy beach on Masirah island, Oman. I suspect they were blown across the waves and ended up tangled and dried in seaweed, where I found them… Continue reading
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A to Z challenge: V is for Volvarina and Volva…
Volvarina is a genus of small to very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Marginellidae, the margin shells.(Wiki) Continue reading
A to Z Challenge: R is for Ranellidae…
The Ranellidae, common name the triton shells or tritons, are a taxonomic family of small to very large predatory sea snails, marinegastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha. (Wiki) Continue reading