E-Fauna Photo Gallery
Rhabdus rectius
(Western Straight Tuskshell)
©
Ronald Shimek
(Photo ID #39424)
Photographer's Submitted Details
Photo Location
Cowlitz Bay, Waldron Island, San Juan County, Washington, USA
Photographer
Ronald Shimek
Habitat
Subtidal Silty Sand
Photo Date
December 16, 1978
Upload Date
May 21, 2013
Elevation (m)
-15
UTM Zone #
Latitude
48.6938888888889
UTM Easting
Longitude
-123.058888888889
UTM Northing
Photo ID #
39424
Notes
As with the preceding images, this animal is exposed at the surface. However, it was crawling along on the surface. This posture also invites predation and like the "typical" posture is actually seen rarely. Normally, the animals move in the subsurface environment. Depeding on the sediments, in the lab they would go down to a depth of 30 or more cm in the sediments and move through the substrate with ease.
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