Identificaciones de aureleah_aurita

Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Key morphological traits: 7 whorls, shell can be different t colors, base foot has serrated spike, knobs less defined than knives whelk
Fun fact: The conch is herbivorous and generally peaceful. The species derives its name from its territorial behavior- the males will fight to establish territory.

Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Littorinimorpha
Family Strombidae
Genus Strombus
Species alatus

ID'd by prominent spines, speckled eye stalks, and seven spirals

Fun fact: got its names from being competitive with other males during mating season

Found laying in grass on Pivers Island, possibly dropped by a bird?

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Venerida
Family Veneridae
Genus Mercenaria

ID'd by relatively large size, thick and heavy shelll, heart shaped side profile of shell

Fun Fact: Grown rates depend on water temperature. The warmer the water, the slower the growth.

1) Genus Aurelia
2) Phylum: Cnidaria, Class: Schyphozoa, Order: Semaeostomeae
3) the four gonads in the center of the jelly are key morphological features of this genus
4) it is almost impossible to tell specific moon jelly species apart without genetic testing

Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida

Morphology

Thick shell with lateral ridges, roughly 2 inches across. On the other side there were visible scars from the anterior and posterior adductor muscles, and the hinge is visible. Bilateral symmetry

Fun Fact This animal filters plankton from seawater and collects it’s food in a mucus string.