Tag: Snails
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Book Review: Abalone by Ann Vileisis
Today, we’re reviewing Anne Vileisis’ book Abalone: The Remarkable History and Uncertain Future of California’s Iconic Shellfish, published by Oregon State University Press in 2020. If you haven’t seen an abalone yet in your tide pooling adventures…well, that’s what this book is all about. These large mollusks, once enjoyed by many Californians as abalone steaks,…
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Tide Pooling Log: Moss beach
Recently, I was privileged to get to travel up north a little ways and do some tide pooling on the Central Coast. We spent two days in the Half Moon Bay area, and I got to tide pool at Moss Beach twice. I’ve combined my finds into this one post, but don’t forget that it…
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Sea-not-quite slugs: Trivia, Erato, and Allies
Over the past several months, I’ve taken a deep dive into marine gastropod taxonomy. Riveting, I know, but I find that the more I know about these creatures, the more interesting they become and the more likely I am to find them while tide pooling. Particularly, I’ve recently been interested in the superfamily Velutinoidea, more commonly…
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Tide Pooling Log: Ventura County in Early June
Summer in California brings extremely low tides, but only in the very early hours of the morning. While not great for sleep schedules, these tides offer a great opportunity to see nocturnal animals you won’t see during the day and a chance to visit the intertidal without the crowds that daytime low tides bring. I…
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The Animals That Live In Shells
Phylum molcusca is one of the largest phyla in the animal kingdom— second only to arthropoda— and is made up of soft bodied invertebrates. The word mollusk traces its lineage to French and then to Latin to a word that means “soft.” It has over 100,000 known species, and likely has over 150,000 in total. It…
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Giant Key Hole Limpet: The Simplest Animal in the Cancer Fight
Perhaps on the most interesting and bizarre of the larger animals a first time tide pooler might notice is the large-ish, fleshy, oval shape blob, often out of the water, with a hole straight in the center as if it had been drilled there. This alien creature is a what is commonly known as a…
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