Lithopoma gibberosum  (Red Turban Snal)

© Aaron Baldwin (Photo ID #2184)

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Photo Location	outer Vancouver Island, BC
Photographer	Aaron Baldwin
Habitat	On sand and rocks, lowest tide level
Photo Date
Upload Date	October 23, 2007
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Photo ID #	2184
Comments	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.