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Help Id this Please. Gastropod ? - Khathlan - 10-02-2010

Hi guys

Can anyone please help in identifying this creature.

Info: on sand, 30m down , in Red Sea. max. dimension is about 25 cms (10 inches), looked alive, not crawling, no marks in the sand near by. Looked to have a soft texture.

Thanks

[Image: img3171mn.jpg]


Re: Help Id this Please. Gastropod ? - fortuno - 12-02-2010

this is a dying tonea galea the shell is buried in the sand.....


Re: Help Id this Please. Gastropod ? - dave r - 12-02-2010

Hey, thanks for that! I have seen this photo before a while back and wondered what the hell it was!
Dave