Umbraculum mediterraneum - Image

Umbraculum mediterraneum

Gastropod mollusc with an enormously developed foot in proportion to its shell, which is flattened oval. The surface of the animal is covered with numerous unequal-length tubercles. Brownish or orange in colour with light tubercles and a whitish shell. The species lives on detrital and muddy beds from 15 down to over 50 meters deep, where it remains buried during the day. Maximum size 20 centimeters.


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Umbraculum mediterraneum

by Dieter


Uploaded on July 17, 2022


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Camera: Canon
Model: Canon DIGITAL IXUS 120 IS
Creation Date: 2016:10:16 18:12:28
Image width: 2239 px
Image height: 2057 px
Image size: 3.29MB
Aperature: f/8.0
Exposure: 1/60
ISO - speed: 200

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