🐚 Conus gladiator (Gladiator Cone)

πŸ“… Observed on 2025-06-13

πŸ‘€ By: chilipossum

πŸ“Œ Location: Pacific Ocean, Puntarenas, CR

πŸ”— iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/330644085

πŸ“· Photo credits: (c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY)

πŸ”Ž Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conus_gladiator

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Happy #FishFriday! where I am still going on about our 8 legged marvel, no not spiders. The octopus is not actually a fish. It is a Mollusk; not exactly a brainy branch of nature's family tree.

Factors that create smart animals; learn from family; no born alone live solitary lives. Live long lives; absolutely no. Environmental pressures? no more than anything that lives in a watery buffet. Why so smart?
#octopus #mollusks #ocean #pets #FishofMastodon #nature #video #photography

🐚 Galba truncatula (Dwarf pond snail)

πŸ“… Observed on 2025-05-30

πŸ‘€ By: mathijs_zonneveld

πŸ“Œ Location: Noordwijk, Nederland

πŸ”— iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/338614505

πŸ“· Photo credits: (c) Mathijs Zonneveld, some rights reserved (CC BY)

πŸ”Ž Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galba_truncatula

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🐚 Limax dacampi

πŸ“… Observed on 2025-05-29

πŸ‘€ By: lucasbenaiche

πŸ“Œ Location: GΓͺnes, Italie

πŸ”— iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/337538199

πŸ“· Photo credits: (c) Lucas Benaiche, some rights reserved (CC BY)

πŸ”Ž Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limax_dacampi

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The snail. The myth. The legend.

Silliness aside, I found a cool #snail while out on a walk today. Actually I'm not sure what snails do with one foot; "walking" seems the wrong word. Ambulating.

Let's say we were both ambulating and leave it there.

#snails #bugs #awalkaday #magicinthemundane #mollusks #pacificsidebandsnail

’Kraken’ octopus that lived at the time of the dinosaurs was a 62-foot-long apex predator of the ocean

A close inspection of 27 fossil jaws from finned octopuses challenge the longstanding belief that the apex oceanic predators of the Cretaceous ...

Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/a1fsc

#animals #mollusks #octopuses
https://www.livescience.com/animals/octopuses/kraken-octopus-that-lived-at-the-time-of-the-dinosaurs-was-a-62-foot-long-apex-predator-of-the-ocean

🐚 Limacus flavus (Yellow Cellar Slug)

πŸ“… Observed on 2025-04-15

πŸ‘€ By: tomascarper

πŸ“Œ Location: Alta CΓ³rdoba, X5000 CΓ³rdoba, Argentina

πŸ”— iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329159776

πŸ“· Photo credits: (c) TomΓ‘s Carranza Perales, some rights reserved (CC BY)

πŸ”Ž Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limax_flavus

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