E-Fauna Photo Gallery
Lithopoma gibberosum
(Red Turban Snal)
© Aaron Baldwin (Photo ID #2184)
Photographer's Submitted Details
Photo Location
outer Vancouver Island, BC
Photographer
Aaron Baldwin
Habitat
On sand and rocks, lowest tide level
Photo Date
Upload Date
October 23, 2007
Elevation (m)
UTM Zone #
Latitude
UTM Easting
Longitude
UTM Northing
Photo ID #
2184
Notes
Extremely patchy distribution, this species is common in a very few places and rare or absent everywhere else. The tear-shaped calcareous operculum ('trapdoor') was used as inlay in traditional NW Aboriginal artwork.
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