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Cavolina sp. (pteropod mollusc)

Location: 100 km offshore from Barnegat, NJ. Depths of >200 meters. Caught while drifting a plankton net (363 micrometer mesh) from the back of a boat at night. Summer 2009.

Notes:
This small planktonic snail is a relative of Creseis, also in this gallery. The "wings"(at the left) are really a modification of the foot. Here they are fully extended to allow the snali to flap its way through the water.

Click here for a photo of another specimen showing the shell.

Pteropods areusually found offshore or in occasional nearshore intrusions of ocean waters.

Collected and photographed by: William S. Johnson, Goucher College


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