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Clear Sundial Snail, Perspective Sundial Snail

Architectonica prespectiva

Photo by Eric Noora
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Colour white to yellowish-brown, lighter at the edges with interrupted spiral lines.

Habitat:

Sandy bottom, rubble

Notes:

Diameter about 38 cm. Found at a depth of about 6 m during a night dive. Secret Bay, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines

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Facts about Clear Sundial (Architectonica perspectiva), Architectonica perspectiva, Architectonica (Perspectiva-group) perspectiva

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Comments (17)
Eric Noora
It is Argy Bee. Thanks. Love it when I spot live ones and not just the shells :-)
Eric Noora
Hi Chief. Yes very wonderful design :-)
Telse
What a wonderful photo Eric. Very nice!
Eric Noora
Thanks Chun. Been trying to upload quite a backlog of spottings :-)

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Philippines NOEL (National Organization of Environment Lovers)
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Mollusca

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PublishedFebruary 20, 2013

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