by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Snails, Species List
Flat Topshell – Gibbula umbilicalis This anoth Flat topshells are cute a curious creatures, one of my favourite encounters with a species was with a little flat top shell that was more than happy to come out of its shell and pose for the camera! I hadn’t...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Snails, Species List
Dog Whelk – Nucella lapillus Dog whelks lay eggs and are pretty gruseome predators. Yep, both of those things are entirely true! Below are the photos of the little eggs you can find on the bottom of rocks, particuairty in spring left by this species. To fin dour...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Snails, Species List
Flat Periwinkle – Littorina obtusata Flat Periwinkle are the cutests of all rockyshore snails – thats a fact. Called flat periminkles because they dont really have the pointy bit of the shell and are much more spherical. These can be found living...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Snails, Species List
Common periwinkle – Littorina littorea Periwinkles – our friendly seasnail pals! I remeber watching and counting these as a kid, one of my first introductions to the rockyshore world! With dark black shells, and a stripey snail body these are as cute...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Snails, Species List
Spotted Cowrie – Trivia monacha Cowries are Cool – should that be on a t-shirt? These little snails have a gorgeous indented shell, which when you touch is feel silky smooth. Thats because the mantle, which is basically snail skin, covers not only the...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Shells Attached to Surfaces, Snails, Species List
Black Footed Limpet – Patella depressa The Black Footed Limpet, called such because unlike the common limpet the soft snail-like organsims living in the shell is dark… I would show you but I haven’t had the heart to pull one of these guys off...
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