hastingsmothman4d ago

Part 3: check out a shell on the move. Previously, you will have seen a still shot of a toothed top shell. Here is a video of the same sea mollusc moving over the sand. We were riveted

#snail #shell #mollusc #nature #wildlife #shore #beach #shoreline #alttext #sea

Guerric HachéApr 20
Ariolimax columbianus, the Pacific banana slug, is the second largest land slug in the world, and a common sight in our temperate rainforests.

#ariolimax #slug #bananaslug #mollusc #invertebrates #inaturalist #macro #macrophotography #wildlife #vancouver #canada #britishcolumbia
The Smartphone PhotographerApr 14
The Limpet and the Sun. #sunset #ocean #sea #water #landscape #beach #beautiful #sky #limpet #seashell #coastalcreature #marinelife #oceanlife #shell #mollusc #intertidal #naturephotography #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #smartphonephotography #photography
Ryan HodnettMar 25

A Violet Snail (Janthina sp.) preying on a By-the-wind Sailor (Velella velella)

#VioletSnail #Janthina #ByTheWindSailor #VelellaVelella #Hydrozoa #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Cnidaria #ByTheWindSailors #SeaLife #MarineLife #Snail #Snails #Gastropod #Gastropods #Gastropoda #Mollusca #Mollusc #Molluscs #Animal #Animals #AnimalPhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography

Guerric HachéMar 23
A tiny little snail living under a log! I think it's in the family Oxychilidae, but I'm not sure.

#snail #mollusc #oxychilidae #inaturalist #invertebrates #macro #macrophotography #animal #wildlife #wildlifephotography #canada #britishcolumbia #vancouver #coquitlam
Dave MuthMar 22

Here's a very cool #Science article! Octopuses change genes in strange ways.

It's explained by #Scientist and #ScienceWriter Meg Mindlin at the #Octopus web site
OctoNation https://octonation.com/octopus-can-edit-their-rna-heres-how/

#Octopus #Genetics #DNA #RNA #Mollusc #Octopoda

Octopus Can Edit Their RNA – Here’s How

Ever wonder why people label octopuses as "aliens"? It's not because they hitched a ride on a meteor from outer space. Nope, these eight-armed geniuses earned their intergalactic reputation by doing something no other Earthling

OctoNation - The Largest Octopus Fan Club!
gergMar 21
At first I thought this was some sort of fossil - it felt like part of the rock. Turns out it's a chiton, a marine mollusc. This one is a giant chiton, Plaxiphora albida.

Chitons use biomineralisation to coat their teeth in iron (technically magnetite) so they can chew away on coral and algae growing on rocks.

#macro #nature #chiton #mollusc #auswildlife #molluscsofaustralia #marinelife
Guerric HachéMar 18
A cute predatory snail I found, Haplotrema vancouverense (the robust lancetooth snail). It's strange to think of land snails as predators, but a lot of them are! They eat other snails and slugs, among other things.

#snail #gastropod #mollusc #haplotrema #invertebrates #inaturalist #wildlife #macro #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #canada #britishcolumbia #vancouver #coquitlam
Guerric HachéMar 10
A small Arion slug doing acrobatics atop moss spore capsules. I don't often see slugs reaching such dizzying heights!

#slug #mollusc #gastropod #arion #moss #macro #macrophotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #bowenisland #vancouver #britishcolumbia #canada
Guerric HachéMar 8
Vespericola columbiana, the northwest hesperian, is a cute little "hairy" snail that we have here in BC.

#snail #vespericola #hesperian #mollusc #macro #macrophotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #inaturalist #bowenisland #vancouver #britishcolumbia #canada