Natica arachnoidea
Gmelin, 1791
This is not nudibranch or sea slug
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Identification is verified by Richard Willan, Nudi Pixel expert
Comment from Richard Willan: The shell, which is spherical, has a pattern of dark (brown or reddish brown) markings like a spider’s web. The animal has a shelly operculum. Judging by the shape of its shell, this individual is juvenile.
| Location: | Lembeh, Indonesia |
| Photographer: | Dave Morgan |
| Camera: | Unknown Unknown › View EXIF properties |
| Taken on: | July 30, 2007 |
| Viewed: | 1419 times |
| Posted: | 5 years ago |
| Updated: | 5 years ago |
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Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Orthogastropoda |
| Order: | Neotaenioglossa |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Species: | Natica arachnoidea |