sealord > At low water a painted topshell, Calliostoma zizyphinum, nestles in the stems of the athecate hydroid, Tubularia indivisa, on a wall of the Gouliot Caves on the west coast of Sark, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands,
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sealord > Guernsey molluscs >  Calliostoma zizyphinum BG 180407 12-899 smg
sealord > In Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast I turned over a cobble (adjacent photograph) in a small pool left by the falling tide and found thirty-nine juvenile hermit crabs, Pagurus bernhardus, occupying mostly Gibbula umbilicalis (flat top shell)  shells.  One of the hermit crabs occupied a larger painted top shell, Calliostoma zizyphinum, shell. These hermit crabs are Europe's largest and most common hermit crab species.  As they grow they move to deeper water and will eventually occupy empty common whelk, Buccinum undatum, shells.   Photographed on 4 February 2007
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sealord > Guernsey molluscs >  painted topshell Calliostoma zizyphinum 4-659 smg
At low water a painted topshell, Calliostoma zizyphinum, nestles in the stems of the athecate hydroid, Tubularia indivisa, on a wall of the Gouliot Caves on the west coast of Sark, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands,
File No. 120907 944
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > At low water a painted topshell, Calliostoma zizyphinum, nestles in the stems of the athecate hydroid, Tubularia indivisa, on a wall of the Gouliot Caves on the west coast of Sark, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands,
File No. 120907 944
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
At low water a painted topshell, Calliostoma zizyphinum, nestles in the stems of the athecate hydroid, Tubularia indivisa, on a wall of the Gouliot Caves on the west coast of Sark, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands,
File No. 120907 944
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
See photo in original gallery.

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