#sea snails

[snototter]

A fragile limpet (Atalacmea fragilis) in Southland, Aotearoa

by Tony Jewell

#fragile limpet #limpets #sea snails #gastropods #molluscs #atalacmea fragilis #atalacmea #lottiidae #gastropoda #mollusca #wildlife: aotearoa #wildlife: oceania

[snailspng]

Sea slug PNGs

(source: seaslug.world)

#first one is a leaf sheep sea slug #one of the only animals that can photosynthesize!! #also just LOOK at it #my heart #png #pngs #transparent #stickers #moodboard #artboard #imageboard #sea slugs #mollusks #sea snails #nudibranch #polyvore #leaf sheep sea slug

[milagro24]

#landscape #sunset #nature #sea snails #sky

[hellsitegenetics]

could u find the genome of two trucks by lemon demon

String identified:

T tc ag T tc ag c, c ta T tc ag T tc ag c, c ta T c tc ag Aca a t tg T at ac Aca ag t G c T tc ag ( ) T tc ag ( ) c (), c () ta T tc ag ( ) T tc ag ( ) c () c () ta gt T' t A t 'a aac c , t a t T ac c g t A c t t tc T tc g a T tc g a T a, t a ta ca tta T tc g a T tc g a T a, t a g at at a T c tc c c C a c at ta tgt t a ag t T g at c T tc ag ( ) T tc ag ( ) c () c () ta T tc ag ( ) T tc ag ( ) c () c () ta a, a, a, a-a-a-a-a, a-a T tc ag T tc ag c, c ta T tc ag T tc ag c, c ta T tc (ag ) T tc (ag ) T tc (ag , ag , ag ) T tc (ag ) T tc (ag ) T tc (ag , ag , ag )

Closest match: Alviniconcha strummeri genome assembly, chromosome: 8 Common name: Deep sea snail

#tumblr genetics #asks #requests #sent to me #two trucks #lemon demon #neil cicierega #Alviniconcha strummeri #deep sea snail #sea snails #ocean #molluscs #this particular snail is named after a punk rock musician #long post

[angelnumber27]

Cone Snails

#cone shells #cone snails #snails #sea snails #shells #seashells #creatures #marine biology #sea creatures #tropical animals #tropical #venomous #venom #poisonous #conidae #toxins #toxic creatures

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Most animals don't have the firepower to tangle with the Portuguese Man'o'war, as their venomous sting can be extremely painful or even lethal. One predator, however, can't get enough of these floating siphonophores! The violet sea snail creates a raft out of mucus bubbles, and waits on the surface of the water waiting for jellyfish to float by for a tasty snack.

(Image: A violet sea snail (Janthina janthina) floating on its hand-made bubble raft by Denis Reik)

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#violet sea snail #Epitonioidea #Epitoniidae #sea snails #snails #gastropods #mollusks #invertebrates #uncharismatic facts

[ravings-of-a-mad-scientist]

Meanwhile, at the Annual Mollusk Taxonomy Convention

Taxonomist 1: I think this population of blorb snails count as their own species under the phylogenetic and biological species concepts. Their last common ancestor was between 5 and 100 million years ago, idk, my 35 year old copy of Clustal finally exploded so I just eyeballed it, but they totally got wack cytochrome C oxidase genes, even though for the most part they're genetically pretty similar and they still look and act exactly the same in every way and also both live in the same place as each other. The only reason why they don’t interbreed is they have like a single incompatible protein thingo, which is also more or less the only meaningful phenotypic difference between them.

(this is an actual thing that can happen. They’re called cryptic species and species complexes and they hurt my soul) 

Taxonomist 2: No. It’s more pragmatic and useful to just use the morphological and ecological species concepts here; and they say fuck you and your dumb snails. I wanna lump all existing species into half as many species, there’s too many fucking species.

Taxonomist 1: you wanna fucking say that to my face you little shit?

Taxonomist 3: Hey, real quick, what do you guys think about the possibility of reclassifying the Blorb genus under Littorinidae instead of Muricidae? Because I already wrote a paper on it, so that's the case now. Cry about it.

Taxonomist 2: I think today is the day bitches die.

*Mexican standoff using conch shells as blunt weapons ensued, there were no survivors.*

*This is unfortunately the leading cause of death among all taxonomists*

#science #biology #taxonomy #evolution #marine life #scientists sitcom #roughly based on a totally true story from my professor. He is a veteran of the mollusk taxonomy wars #No you cannot actually just 'eyeball' it but you would not believe some of the ancient software we be usin' in taxonomy. #sea snails #mollusk #blorbsday

[wgm-beautiful-world]

#sea snails #caracoles de mar #blue and white #azul y blanco

[antiqueanimals]

The Sea and its Wonders. Written by Mary and Elizabeth Kirby. 1871.

Internet Archive

#marine life #mollusks #gastropods #sea snails #murex snails

[marinebiologyshitposts]

snails?

they have shells. hijacking this post to talk about hermit crabs. hermit crabs hijack shells and when they get bothered they use their shell to lock their front doors basically the same way a snail uses its operculum to do exactly that. hermit crabs literally went "damn. your shell is so cool. is anyone gonna inhabit that" and also went "damn. your trapdoor is so cool. is anyone gonna steal that"

#cryptic clicks #sea snails #hermit crabs

[livingdeadfairy]

Sea butterflies are so pretty🦋꩜𖦹༄

#sea butterfly #sea snails #my aesthetic #my edits

[snailspng]

Random PNGs, part 89

(1. Rhodotus fungi / 2. Snuff bottle / 3. Seaweed / 4. Crystal crocodile skull / 5. Nudibranch / 6. Butterfly / 7. Succulent / 8. Sea angel / 9. Nudibranch)

#png #pngs #transparent #moodboard #artboard #image board #collage #sticker #stickers #polyvore #shoplook #89 #nudibranch #sea snails

[milagro24]

#landscape #sea snails #nature #sea

[hellsitegenetics]

I think this blog is pretty neat, plus we're allowed to profess our love for things here for a lil bit longer... so I'll say something

I love the culture on this website! The niche blog ecosystem is so fun, and I'm so happy this website hasn't been fully sanitized in a way that prevents someone from just checking genetic strings in text posts! I don't think any other social media site would take to a blog like yours, but that's okay! You are beloved on here, funky organism finder! Sorry if this came out a lil rambly, I'm tired lmao

String identified:

t t g tt at, ' a t tg a t g… ' a tg

t ct t t! T c g ct , a ' a t t a't at a a tat t t ccg gtc tg tt t! 't t a t ca a t ta t a g , t tat' a! a , ga ! t ca t a a, ' t a

Closest match: Alviniconcha strummeri genome assembly, chromosome: 9

#tumblr genetics #asks #requests #sent to me #genetics #ocean #sea snails #Alviniconcha strummeri #its back! #great news for whichever one of you said this was the most fuckable conch

[banana-slug-woo]

black turban snail drawing i posted long ago but in better photo quailty (how do i make my signature less of an eyesore?)

#no longer living in the darkness! 🎉🎉🎉 #Tegula funebralis #Doodles #traditional art #drawing #art #beginner artist #beginners art #Art #drawings #hand drawn #sea #ocean #ocean sealife #Sea snail #snail #sea snails #Snails #banana slug #<- in background #Banana slug never leaves #Even if I post Tegula funebralis #Black turban snail #me post

[encyclopika]

Animal Crossing Fish - Explained #237c

Brought to you by a marine biologist and gastropods (who are also weird)...

CLICK HERE FOR THE AC FISH EXPLAINED MASTERPOST!

Here's the last installment of the ACPC shells miniseries. The diversity of mollusks that AC shows is pretty great, though I wish some of these weirdos made it into the mainline games. Mollusks can be broken down into three major Classes the everyday person would recognize (there are others, but these are the well known ones) - Bivalvia, Gastropoda, and Cephalopoda. Today we're looking at the Gastropods, the snails and slugs and the most numerous of the mollusks at a hefty 70,000 species. Let's get into it~

Strawberry Top Snail

In every way, the shell of the Strawberry Top Snail (Clanculus puniceus; STS from now on) is so reminiscent of a goddamn strawberry and I can't get over it. It's so bright and vibrant. The STS is native to the Western edge of the Indian Ocean near Madagascar, South Africa, and Mozambique. Top snails are named so because they look like an old-timey spinning toy. They are generally herbivores, scraping algae off rocks with their radula, a spiky tongue-like appendage in the mouth of Gastropods that lets them scrape food, whether that be plant, meat, or detritus. The STS is an herbivore and can generally be found in the intertidal zone stuck to a rock eating algae. What a life!

By H. Zell - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41628798

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Anatomical Murex

If you think this shell is odd, I've got news for you - there are about 1,600 species within this animal's Family, Muricidae with growth like this. Most snails in this family have some of the most complicated yet beautiful shells with strange protrusions, spikes, bumps, and ribbing. These protrusions are called varices (singly: varix), and they are extremely important in identifying the species that have them. These snails are texture gods. The Anatomical Murex (Homalocantha anatomica), also called Pele's Murex, often has 5-6 varices per whorl in its shell. They can be found in the Red Sea, throughout the Western Pacific to Hawaii.

By C. CHEN - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26698151

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Guildfordia Yoka

I honestly couldn't tell you why ACPC decided to call this by it's scientific binomial, but such is the mystery of AC. It's common name is the Yoka Star Turban (Guildfordia yoka; YST from now on), and it is a type of turban shell snail. It belongs in the Order Trochida along with the Strawberry above. That relation to top snails is more obvious in the picture below. The YST is a tropical species of the Indo-Pacific near Japan down to The Philippines.

By Hectonichus - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61829033

And there you have it! Fascinating snails, yeah?

#snails #sea snails #yoka star turban shell #anatomical murex #strawberry top snail #gastropods #seashells #marine biology #animals #animal crossing #animal crossing pocket camp #acpc #science in video games #animal crossing fish explained