Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Littorinimorpha
Family:
Vermetidae
Genus:
Vermetus
Species:
V. Sp.
Binomial name (link Wikipedia)
Worm-Snail
Vermet
Vermetus Sp.
Vermetido
Wormslak
Description
Vermetus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.
The genus Vermetus is very ancient: it occurs in the fossil record from the Jurassic to the Quaternary (age range: from 164.7 to 0.0 million years
ago)
Animalia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Archaeogastropoda
Family:
Haliotidae
Genus:
Haliotis
Species:
Haliotis tuberculata
Binomial name (link Wikipedia)
Ormer
Ormeau, Oreille de Mer
Seeohr
Almeja
Groene Zeeoor
Description
The green ormer (Haliotis tuberculata) is a northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean species of sea snail, a coastal marine gastropod mollusc in the
family Haliotidae, the abalones or ormer snails.
The flesh of the green ormer is prized as a delicacy, and this has led to a decline in its population in some areas.
The shell of this species grows as large as 10 cm (3.9 in) in length and 6.5 cm (2.6 in) in width. This flattened, oval shell is an ear-shaped spiral
with a mottled outer surface. At the bottom margin of the shell, there is a curving row of five to seven slightly raised respiratory apertures, through
which the mantle extends with short, exhalant siphons. As the animal and the shell grow, new holes are formed and the older holes are sealed
off. These holes collectively make up what is known as the selenizone, which forms as the shell grows. The inner surface of the shell has a thick
layer of iridescent mother-of-pearl. The large and muscular foot has numerous tentacles at the epipodium (the lateral grooves between the foot
and the mantle).
This species occurs on rocky shores in European waters from the Mediterranean Sea as far north as the Channel Islands; elsewhere in the
Atlantic Ocean it occurs off the Canary Islands and West Africa.
Animalia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Littorinimorpha
Family:
Umbraculidae
Genus:
Umbraculum
Species:
U. umbraculum
Binomial name (link Wikipedia)
Warty Umbrella Snail
Umbraculum Umbraculum
Warzige Schirmschnecke
Umbraculum
Paraplu Slak
Description
Umbraculum umbraculum, common name the "umbrella slug", is a species of large sea snail or limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family
Umbraculidae.
No further information available on Wikipedia.
Animalia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Littorinimorpha
Family:
Cypraeidae
Genus:
Erosaria
Species:
E. Spurca
Binomial name (link Wikipedia)
Brouwn Cowrie
Porcelaine
Braune Kauri
Porcelana
Bruine Porselein Slak
Erosaria spurca, common name the dirty cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the
cowries.
The shells of these very common cowries reach on average 23–28 millimetres (0.91–1.10 in) of length, with a minimum size of 12 millimetres
(0.47 in) and a maximum size of 39 millimetres (1.5 in). They are very variable in pattern and colour. The surface is smooth and shiny, the dorsum
basic color is whitish or yellowish, with a variegated orange-brown, yellow ocher or reddish indistinct spotting on the dorsum. The yellowish
margins are crenulated or bordered by a series of dimples. The base is whitish or cream, sometimes with shades of orange and some dark spots
near the edge, while the teeth are usually large and white. In the living cowries the mantle is greyish, with quite long tree-shaped sensorial
papillae.
Erosaria spurca occurs in the central and southern Mediterranean Sea (southern Italy, Crete, Malta, Lampedusa Island, etc.), in the Red Sea
(introduced) and in the eastern Atlantic Ocean along the West African coast (from Morocco to Angola, including Ascension Island, Canaries and
Cape Verde Islands).
Description
Animalia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Littorinimorpha
Family:
Mitridae
Genus:
Mitra
Species:
M. Cornea
Binomial name (link Wikipedia)
Mitra Cornea
Mitra Cornea
Zchwarze Mitraschencke
Mitra Cornea
Mitra Cornea
Mitra cornea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
No further information available on Wikipedia.
Description
Animalia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Littorinimorpha
Family:
Tonnidae
Genus:
Tonna
Species:
T. Masculosa
Tonna Maculosa
Binomial name
Tonna Masculosa
Tonna Masculosa
Grosse Tonnenschnecke
Tonna Masculosa
Grote zee-slak
No further information available on Wikipedia.
Description
Animalia
Harry van Goor 2016
source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Categories: Sea Snails
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Littorinimorpha
Family:
Ranellidae
Genus:
Charonia
Species:
Charonia Variegata
Binomial name (link Wikipedia)
Triton Snail
Triton
Tritonshorn
Busio
Triton Slak
Charonia variegata, the Atlantic triton or Atlantic triton's trumpet, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells, or tritons.
The shell size varies up to 375 mm. The maximum recorded shell length is 374 mm.This conical shell has an elongated and sharply pointed spire
without any knobs, but somewhat squatter than the spire of the Pacific Charonia tritonis. The lower whorls are unevenly swollen with a varix and
bulge over the suture. The suture then descends in an uneven spiral. The parietal callus is lined with a narrow, dark inner lip, covered with
regularly spaced, brown, rib-like plicae. The outer lip is scalloped but less projected and toothed with about 10 pairs of rib-like teeth
superimposed on square, dark brown blotches. The color of the shell is mottled in shades of creamy white to yellow with brown markings. The
inside of the large aperture is orange pink, and the interior is white.The species is highly variable and does not have any known geographic
subspecies. The veliger larvae have a period of pelagic development of more than three months, drifting in the trans-Atlantic currents. These
larvae are the largest known of any Cymatiidae in the Atlantic; the larval shell reaches 5 mm when fully developed.
This species has a wide distribution. It has been found in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea, in the Atlantic Ocean along Cape Verde, off
the Canary Islands, North West Africa, and Tanzania, in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, and from North Carolina to eastern Brazil
Description
Animalia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Littorinimorpha
Family:
Conidae
Genus:
Conus
Species:
C. Pulcher
Binomial name (link Wikipedia)
Conch Shell
Cône
Kegelschnecke
Cono
Kegelslak
Conus pulcher, common name the butterfly cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails
and their allies. Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans,
therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all. There is one subspecies : Conus pulcher siamensis Hwass in Bruguière
The size of the shell varies between 40 mm and 260 mm. This is the largest of the cone snails.The shell is narrow and rather thin. It is
longitudinally finally striate. The acuminate spire is sulcate. The color of the shell is variable white to cream, variegated with numerous lines of
short dashes and spots of light to darker chestnut
This species occurs in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean off (Guinea, Senegal, Angola)
Description
Animalia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Littorinimorpha
Family:
Ranellidae
Genus:
Cymatium
Species:
C. Parthenopeus
Cymatium Parthenopeum
Binomial name
Cymatium Parthenopeum
Cymatium Parthenopeum
Behaartes Tritonshorn
Cymatium Parthenopeum
Cymatium Parthenopeum
No further information available on Wikipedia.
Description
Animalia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Littorinimorpha
Family:
Cassidae
Genus:
Phalium
Species:
P. Granulatum
Phalium Granulatum Undulatum
Binomial name (link Wikipedia)
Phalium Granulatum
Phalium Granulatum
Gefurchte Sturmhaube
Phalium Granulatum
Phalium Granulatum
No further information available on Wikipedia.
Description
Animalia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Littorinimorpha
Family:
Eulimidae
Genus:
Echineulima
Species:
E. leucophaes
Binomial name (link Wikipedia)
Echineulima Leucophaes
Echineulima Leucophaes
Echineulima Leucophaes
Echineulima Leucophaes
Echineulima Leucophaes
Echineulima leucophaes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.
The shell is rather large compared to other species within the Eulimidae family, with the average specimen measuring approximately 10 mm in
length.
No further information available on Wikipedia.
Description
Animalia