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Snail

Snail
Snail
The tiny snail Olivella minuta can form dense populations in sandy or sandy-muddy sediments. As it moves around during low tides this snail leaves a grooved trail behind.
The tiny snail Olivella minuta can form dense populations in sandy or sandy-muddy sediments. As it moves around during low tides this snail leaves a grooved trail behind.
Alvaro E. Migotto
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Taxa: Olivella minuta
Date: Oct. 25, 2011, 7:40 a.m.
Place: Baía do Araçá, São Sebastião, SP, Brazil
Geolocation: S 23°48'47" W 45°24'22"
Alvaro E. Migotto. Snail. Cifonauta image database. Available at: http://cifonauta.cebimar.usp.br/media/9407/ Accessed: 2024-09-08.
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References

2010 Amaral ACZ, Migotto AE, Turra A, Schaeffer-Novelli Y. Araçá: biodiversidade, impactos e ameaças. Biota Neotropica, 10(1): 219-264, url:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/bn/v10n1/a22v10n1.pdf