Mollusca

 

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Aplysia fasciata – Nautilus macromphalus

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Nautilus macromphalus – Anodonta cygnaea – Limax maximus

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Limax maximus – Achatina achatina – Deroceras agreste

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Deroceras agreste – Buccinulum corneum

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Buccinulum corneum – Callista chione – Charonia tritonis – Flabellina affinis

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Flabellina affinis – Sepia officinalis : on the left, the long tentacle is the hectocotylus arm of the male which is used for fertilizing the female. On the right, a specimen swims in the just issued sepia.

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Sepia officinalis – Loligo vulgaris – Simnia spelta = Neosimnia spelta

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Simnia spelta = Neosimnia spelta – Charonia nodifera = Charonia lampas

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Charonia nodifera = Charonia lampas – Phalium granulatum with eggs

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Phalium granulatum with eggs – Sepiola rondeletii – Calliostoma conulus

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Calliostoma conulus – Cypraea tigris – Pecten jacobaeus

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Pecten jacobaeus – Naticarius millepunctatus = Naticarius stercusmuscarum – Glossodoris valenciennesi = Hypselodoris picta

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Glossodoris valenciennesi – Lemintina arenaria = Serpulorbis arenarius – Pisania maculosa = Pisania striata – Viviparus contectus

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Viviparus contectus – Haliotis lamellosa = Haliotis tuberculata – Hexaplex trunculus – Monodonta turbinata

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Monodonta turbinata = Osilinus turbinatus – Murex brandaris = Bolinus brandaris – Melanoides tuberculatus

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Lima sp.

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Lima sp. – Pinna nobilis – Mytilus galloprovincialis

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Lymnaea ovata with eggs

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Birth of a Lymnaea ovata

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Birth of a Lymnaea ovata

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Patella caerulea – Mitra zonata

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Mitra zonata – Octopus vulgaris – Eledone moschata

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Eledone moschata

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Octopus vulgaris

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Octopus vulgaris – Umbraculum mediterraneum = Umbraculum umbraculum

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Zonaria pyrum – Lyncina vitellus

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Lyncina vitellus – Cymatium parthenopeum

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Discodoris atromaculata – Polycera quadrilineata – Loligo vulgaris

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Favorinus branchialis – Pinctada margaritifera with pearl

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Pinctada margaritifera with pearl – Chamelea gallina – Ensis minor – Sea gasteropods condensed by the tide in a reef pool in Kenya

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Cochlicella acuta in summer lethargy – Cernuella virgata in summer lethargy – Planorbarius corneus

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Cepaea nemoralis – Lymnaea ovata with freshly laid eggs

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Helix pomatia

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Helix pomatia

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Helix pomatia – Limax maximus – Lepidochitona (L.) caprearum – Acanthopleura sp.

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Achatina fulica while mating

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Arion lusitanicus

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Arion lusitanicus – Helicodonta obvoluta

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Helicodonta obvoluta

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Helicodonta obvoluta – Pupilla muscorum

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Pupilla muscorum

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Shells

 

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Haliotis scalaris – Busycon contrarium – Architectonica perspectiva – Harpa major – Monetaria annulus – Jenneria pustulata

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Jenneria pustulata – Janthina nitens – Hydatina albocincta – Cypraea aurantium – Erosaria lamarcki – Conus bengalensis

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Chiton squamosus – Clanculus pharaonium – Cardium aculeatum – Mauritia mappa – Chlamys flabellum – Chlamys nodosus

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Conus coccineus – Conus marmoreus – Conus litteratus – Conus textile – Conus genuanus – Conus princeps

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Spondylus princeps – Chlamys senatoria – Polymita picta – Murex pecten – Stellaria solaris – Tatcheria mirabilis

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Tridacna squamosa – Lambis crocata – Tectus dentatus – Tectus niloticus – Trochus maculatus – Amoria undulata

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Cymbiola imperialis – Rapa rapa – Tonna galea – Volva volva – Lyria lyraeformis – Neritina communis

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Angaria melanacantha – Mitra mitra – Aporrhais pespelecani – Phasianella australis – Arca geissei – Oliva miniacea

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Macrocypraea cervinetta = Cypraea (Macrocypraea) cervinetta -Erosaria nebrites = Cypraea (Erosaria) nebrites – Cypraea pantherina – Staphylea granulata cassiaui = Cypraea (Staphylea) granulata cassiaui – Neobernaya spadicea = Cipraea (Neobernaya) spadicea – Mauritia histrio = Cypraea (Mauritia) histrio

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Monetaria moneta = Cypraea (Monetaria) moneta – Chiton tuberculatus – Strombus peruvianus = Strombus (Tricornis) peruvianus – Conus gloriamaris – Antalis inaequicostatum = Dentalium inaequicostatum – Cantharus sanguinolentus = Cantharus (Pollia) sanguinolentus

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