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Astraea gibberosa
Astraea gibberosa
Red Top Snail 		Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0405 2359 (2005-04-30)

Copyright © 2005 California Academy of Sciences

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  • date of photo  Mar 1985
  • location  Carmel Bay (Monterey County, California, US)
  • family Turbinidae
  • order Archaeogastropoda
  • class Gastropoda
  • habitat  Subtidal
  • notes   Feeds by scraping small algae and other growth from the substratum. Depth 16 m.
  • camera   Nikon in Oceanic housing
  • photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

    • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Red Top Snail (photographer)
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