Columbella mercatoria (West Indies dove snail shell) (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) 2 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Columbella mercatoria (West Indies dove snail shell) (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) 2 / James St. John
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | Columbella mercatoria (Linnaeus, 1758) - West Indies dove snail shell (modern) from the Virgin Islands. (apertural view)The gastropods (snails & slugs) are a group of molluscs that occupy marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments. Most gastropods have a calcareous external shell (the snails). Some lack a shell completely, or have reduced internal shells (the slugs & sea slugs & pteropods). Most members of the Gastropoda are marine. Most marine snails are herbivores (algae grazers) or predators/carnivores.This is a beachworn West Indies dove snail, Columbella mercatoria. The dove snails are in the Family Columbellidae - columbellid gastropods occupy seagrass beds and rubbly seafloors. Their feeding style ranges from algae grazing to predation to scavenging.Classification: Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, ColumbellidaeLocality: Brewers Bay, St. Thomas, western Virgin Islands |
| 撮影日 | 2020-09-29 17:09:21 |
| 撮影者 | James St. John |
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