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A Young Land Snail Explores the Shell of Its Marine Relative. The little (11mm in diameter) Pacific Sideband land snail is travelling on the shell of a Lewis’ moonsnail which is obviously much larger. There are a few more moonsnail shells in the photo. Canada,Geotagged,Monadenia fidelis,Pacific sideband,Summer Click/tap to enlarge

A Young Land Snail Explores the Shell of Its Marine Relative.

The little (11mm in diameter) Pacific Sideband land snail is travelling on the shell of a Lewis’ moonsnail which is obviously much larger. There are a few more moonsnail shells in the photo.

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    Patomarazul
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    Oh, now I see!! :-D
    Nice!!     Posted 6 years ago
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      Sorry I was not quicker. My cup of tea got in the way! Posted 6 years ago
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        No pressures :-D Posted 6 years ago

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The Pacific sideband

"Monadenia fidelis", common name the Pacific sideband, is a medium-sized species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Monadeniidae. This species of snail creates and uses love darts.

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Similar species: Land Snails And Slugs
Species identified by gary fast
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By gary fast

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Uploaded Sep 22, 2018. Captured Sep 22, 2018 09:06 in 315 Whaletown Rd, Whaletown, BC V0P 1Z0, Canada.
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  • E-M5MarkII
  • f/16.0
  • 1/250s
  • ISO640
  • 60mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.