Tony Wu / Female limpet (Lottia emydia) spawning, releasing a stream of eggs into the water. Hokkaido, Japan.
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Kim Taylor / Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) cracking a Garden snail (Cornu aspersum) on stone 'anvil', Surrey, UK, June.
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Solvin Zankl / Portrait of Sea elephant (Cardiopoda placenta) marine pelagic gastropod mollusc in the family Pterotracheidae. Deep sea heteropod. Atlantic Ocean, close to Cape Verde. Controlled conditions.
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Solvin Zankl / Close up of Sea butterfly (Diacria trispinosa) translucent body, deep sea species from Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde. Captive.
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Solvin Zankl / Portrait of Sea butterfly (Diacria trispinosa) deep sea species from Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde. Captive.
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Nick Upton / White-lipped snail (Cepaea hortensis) crawling over an oak sleeper retaining a garden lawn with a greenhouse in the background, Wiltshire, UK, April.
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Nick Upton / Garden snail (Cornu aspersum / Helix aspersa) crawling over an oak sleeper retaining a garden lawn with buildings and a greenhouse in the background, Wiltshire, UK, April.
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Jan Hamrsky / River snail (Viviparus sp.) and Large red damselfly nymph (Pyrrhosoma nymphula), Europe, April, controlled conditions
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Claudio Contreras / Flamingo Tongue (Cyphoma gibbosum), on featherstar, Cienaga de Zapata National Park, Matanzas Province, Cuba.
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Shane Gross / Queen conch (Lobatus gigas) juvenile feeding on algae growing on Seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) blades. Eleuthera, Bahamas.
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Theo Bosboom / Common limpets (Patella vulgata) hit by a big wave from the Atlantic ocean at the coast of Crohy head, Donegal, Ireland. November 2017
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Shane Gross / A small aggreggation of queen conch (Lobatus gigas) off Cat Island, Bahamas
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Shane Gross / Queen conch (Lobatus gigas) laying eggs in the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, Exuma, Bahamas.
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Georgette Douwma / Nudibranch (Chromodoris willani) with a scale worm. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Philippe Clement / Lined top shells (Phorcus lineatus) in a rock pool, Normandy, France, June
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Philippe Clement / Lined top shells (Phorcus lineatus) and Common european limpets (Patella vulgata) in a rock pool, Normandy, France, June.
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Juergen Freund / Timelapse of Periwinkle snails (Littoraria) climbing up Mangrove (Rhizophora) roots at lowtide, Daintree, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, North Queensland, Australia.
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Steve Downer / Juvenile Common frog (Rana temporaria) on back of a Common snail (Cornu aspersum), UK, June.
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Steve Downer / Juvenile Common frog (Rana temporaria) on back of a Common snail (Cornu aspersum), UK, June.
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Theo Bosboom / Limpets (Patellidae) exposed at low tide on the coast of Playa de Ursa, Portugal. Finalist in the Animals in their Environment Category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) Competiti...
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Brian Bevan / Two Giant african snails (Achatina fulica) emerging from their shells and looking around, UK. Captive.
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John Waters / Timelapse of flies and a slug on a Common stinkhorn fungus (Phallus impudicus), Mendips, Somerset, UK, July.
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Ingo Arndt / Land snail / Brown-lipped snail (Cepaea nemoralis) crawling over a razor blade. The constantly produced mucus is a protection shield between the sole of the snail and the razor blade whilst the snail...
Ingo Arndt / Land snail (Polymita picta) collection of shells showing variation in patterning, Cuba. Endemic species.
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Alex Mustard / Nudibranchs (Doto greenamyeri) newly described species on feather hydroids. Seraya Bay, north coast of Bali, Indonesia. Java Sea.
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Alex Mustard / Portrait of a Nudibranch (Flabellina pellucida) on a kelp frond with star trails. Gulen, Norway. North East Atlantic Ocean.
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Steve Downer / Close up of a Black slug (Arion ater agg.) feeding on a Plantain lily (Hosta) leaf, Birmingham, England, UK, August.
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Steve Downer / Black slug (Arion ater agg.) feeding on a dead Yellow slug (Limax flavus), Birmingham, England, UK, August.
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Alex Mustard / Nudibranch (Nembrotha cristata) climbing on a Tunicate (Polycarpa aurata) at night. This species of seaslug feeds on seasquirts. A tiny cyclopoid copepod swimming past. Yillet Yecil, Yillet Islands, M...
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Alex Mustard / Nudibranch (Flabellina lineata) in aquarium, taken in the field in Gulen, Norway. North East Atlantic Ocean. Collected for scientific research.
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Steve Downer / Grove snail / brown lipped snail (Cepaea nemoralis) with juvenile riding on its back, Birmingham UK June.
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Steve Downer / Yellow slug (Limax flavus) back lit embryo moving around in egg case.
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Steve Downer / Slug (Species unknown) descending on slime rope from leaf. UK. June.
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Steve Downer / Yellow slug (Limax maximus) moving across bridge over road with traffic in the background. Birmingham, UK. June.
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Steve Downer / Black arion slug (Arion ater) moving, viewed from beneath showing ripples or pedal waves used for locomotion.
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Steve Downer / Yellow slug larva (Limax flavus) emerging from an egg case, controlled conditions.
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Steve Downer / Yellow slug larva (Limax flavus) emerging from an egg case, controlled conditions.
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Steve Downer / Newly hatched slug (Gastropoda) approaching a water droplet on a leaf before bursting it and retracting its eyestalks, Birmingham, England, UK. Controlled conditions.
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Steve Downer / Banded snail (Cepaea nemoralis) on rear of a backlit rose leaf, controlled conditions.
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Konrad Wothe / Giant land snail (Megalobulimus sp), Panguana Reserve, Huanuco province, Amazon basin, Peru.
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Konrad Wothe / Giant snail (Megalobulimus) in a lowland rainforest, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco Region, Peru.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Chromodorid nudibranch (Chromodoris annae) on Sea Squirt (Polycarpa aurata) Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Olga Kamenskaya / Snails (Baicalia turriformis) Lake Baikal, Russia, August.
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Ammonite / Close up of a Common snail (Cornu aspersum) moving, with Woodlice (Oniscidea). Controlled conditions.
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Alex Mustard / Emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator / Zenopontonia rex) hitchhiking on large t-bar nudibranch (Ceratosoma trilobatum) The shrimp gains food source and protection on the toxic seaslug. Bitung, North...
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Franco Banfi / Nudibranch (Cratena peregrina) on a sponge, Ist Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean.
