The white disk visible on the foot of this live Hawaiian turban snail detaches when the snail dies, washing up on the beach as a so-called cat’s eyes. Turban snails were named for their resemblance to ...
SUSAN SCOTT PHOTO A great green turban snail operculum closes tight on a Tahiti reef. The snail is the great green turban, or Turbo marmoratus, a nocturnal algae-grazer native to the Indian and ...
Black turban snails are small marine snails that make tasty prey for crabs. Failed crab attacks leave scars on a snail’s shell. By analyzing the rate of scarring and the size of the snail when it was ...
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