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Category: Mollusca

Monadenia fidelis (Pacific Sideband Snail)

September 1, 2023 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

These are the snails I found under the ground cover of my set up during the excursion I talk about…

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Posted in: Animals, Gastropoda, Mollusca, Monadenia, Plants, Species Profiles, Stylommatophora, Xanthonychidae Filed under: Monadenia fidelis, Pacific Sideband Snail

Allogona townsendiana (Oregon Forest Snail)

June 1, 2023 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

These snails were some of the other cool finds from my trip to the confluence of the Green/NF Toutle rivers…

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Posted in: Allogona, Animals, Eupulmonata, Gastropoda, Mollusca, Plants, Polygyridae, Species Profiles, Stylommatophora Filed under: Allogona townsendiana, Oregon Forest Snail

Tegula funebralis (Black Turban Snail)

November 25, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

I love tidepools! I love the smell of the ocean, the roar of the surf, and the disorientation that comes…

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Posted in: Animals, Gastropoda, Mollusca, Species Profiles, Tegula, Tegulidae, Trochida Filed under: Black Turban Snail, Tegula funebralis

Katharina tunicata

November 17, 2022 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

I found 3 of these chitons (variously called black Katy chiton, black leather chiton, black chiton, leather chiton, sea prunes,…

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Posted in: Animals, Katharina, Mollusca, Mopaliidae, Neoloricata, Plants, Polyplacophora, Species Profiles Filed under: Katharina tunicata

Mytilus californianus

February 4, 2022 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

During a recent spate of good weather, Pam and I took a trip to the Oregon coast, Arch Cape to…

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Posted in: Animals, Bivalvia, Mollusca, Mytilida, Mytilidae, Mytilus, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: California Mussels, Mytilus californianus, Ribbed Mussels

Prophysaon foliolatum (Yellow-bordered Taildropper)

January 13, 2022 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I’ve been putting off doing a profile on a slug until I had one that I could positively identify which…

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Posted in: Animals, Arionidae, Gastropoda, Mollusca, Plants, Prophysaon, Species Profiles, Stylommatophora Filed under: Prophysaon foliolatum, Yellow-bordered Taildropper

Vespericola columbianus (Northwest Hesperian)

October 15, 2021 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

As if snail identification wasn’t difficult enough, the taxonomy of Vespericola (family Polygyridae) is somewhat up in the air, with…

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Posted in: Animals, Gastropoda, Mollusca, Polygyridae, Species Profiles, Stylommatophora, Vespericola Filed under: Northwest Hesperian, Vespericola columbianus

Anodonta nuttalliana/californiensis (Winged/California Floater)

September 7, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

I am somewhat embarrassed to admit that I didn’t know we even had multiple genera of freshwater mussels in our…

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Posted in: Animals, Anodonta, Bivalvia, Mollusca, Plants, Species Profiles, Unionida, Unionidae Filed under: Anodonta californiensis, Anodonta nuttalliana, California Floater, Winged Floater

Cepaea nemoralis (Grove Snail)

August 29, 2021 Dan Nelson 10 Comments

I believe these beautiful snails in the family Helicidae are Cepaea nemoralis (also known as Brown-lipped Snails and Banded Grove…

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Posted in: Animals, Cepaea, Gastropoda, Helicidae, Mollusca, Species Profiles, Stylommatophora Filed under: Cepaea nemoralis, Grove Snail

Ancotrema sportella (Beaded Lancetooth Snail)

December 5, 2020 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

This is the eighth resident of The Cliff that I have posted about. I haven’t been there since Thanksgiving, having…

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Posted in: Ancotrema, Animals, Eupulmonata, Gastropoda, Haplotrematidae, Mollusca, Species Profiles Filed under: Ancotrema sportella, Beaded Lancetooth

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