California Academy of Sciences, Water Planet Gallery
The heart of the Steinhart Aquarium, Water Planet focuses on the universality of water wherever there is life, investigating the adaptations by organisms to live in the myriad niches resulting from water's many differences in chemistry, abundance or scarcity, temperature, and motion.
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Tegula funebralis
The black turban snail, scientific name Tegula funebralis, is a species of medium-sized sea snail with gills and an operculum, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae....
Jeweled Top Snail
Calliostoma annulatum, also known as the purple-ring topsnail, blue-ring topsnail or jeweled topsnail, is a medium-sized sea snail with gills and an operculum....
Calliostoma ligatum
Calliostoma ligatum,common name the blue topsnail, is a species of small sea snail with gills and an operculum, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae, the Calliostoma top snails.
Dwarf Cuttlefish
Sepia bandensis, commonly known as the stumpy-spined cuttlefish or dwarf cuttlefish, is a species of cuttlefish. Sepia baxteri and Sepia bartletti are possible synonyms. It reaches 7 centimeters in mantle length; males weigh about 40 grams, females 45 grams. The body is coloured light brown, or greenish yellow, with white spots on the head and short ...more ↓
Turban snails
Tegula is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Garden Snail
Helix aspersa, known by the common name garden snail, is a species of land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. This species is one of the best-known of all terrestrial molluscs.
