Neosimnia barbarensis; Ovulid Snail; <small>(shown with <a href=/cgi/img_query?where-taxon=Lophogorgia+chilensis&title_tag=Lophogorgia+chilensis>Lophogorgia chilensis</a>)</small>

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Neosimnia barbarensis; Ovulid Snail; (shown with Lophogorgia chilensis)

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Neosimnia barbarensis
Ovulid Snail
(shown with Lophogorgia chilensis)

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

ID: 0000 0000 0505 0029 (2005-05-01)

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date of photo between 1990 and 1995

latitude 36.54630 longitude -121.93121 max error distance 2866 meters View on Google Maps.

horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984

georeferencing source GeoLocate

location Carmel Bay (Monterey County, California, US)

family Ovulidae

class Gastropoda

habitat Octocorals

notes Ovulid snails are specialists that live and prey only on octocorals, and locally these corals live only in relatively deep water. This gorgonian branch with the attached snail was brought up by a diver from 58 m thus presenting us with the opportunity to photograph it. The octocoral's polyps are retracted.

camera Olympus system for macrophotography

photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

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common names Ocotillo (ITIS ) Ovulid Snail (photographer)

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