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Granulina margaritula
Little Pearl
(shown with Six-armed seastar)

Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0305 0678 (2005-03-20)

INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO

date of photo between 1990 and 1995

location Carmel Bay (Monterey County, California, US)

family Marginellidae

class Gastropoda

habitat Intertidal

notes These tiny snails, about 2 mm, are virtually unknown as few recognize them hidden among grains of sand or on green algae as here. When one of its predators, the six-armed seastar Leptasterias pusilla approaches, the little snails flee while raising their beautiful protective mantle as this one is starting to do. We arranged this encounter in our lab.

camera Olympus system for macrophotography

photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL

common names Pear Marginella, Pear-shaped Marginella (ITIS ) Little Pearl (photographer)

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