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Calliostoma annulatum; Purple-ringed Top Snail   

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Calliostoma annulatum
Calliostoma annulatum
Purple-ringed Top Snail
Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0806 0696 (2006-08-13)

Copyright © 2006 California Academy of Sciences

 
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  • date of photo  1987
  • latitude 36.81856   longitude -121.79270   max error distance 26012 meters     View on Google Maps.
  • horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984
  • georeferencing source GeoLocate
  • location   Monterey Bay (Monterey County, California, US)
  • family Trochidae
  • class Gastropoda
  • habitat  Marine
  • notes   This top snail was photographed on a blade of giant kelp, a common site for the species. As an omnivore it is known to feed on the kelp, but if also could have been feeding on the adjacent bryozoan. Note that it is covered with barnacles.
  • camera   Olympus system for macrophotography
  • photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Purple-ringed Top Snail (photographer)
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