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
Latitude	48.6938888888889
Longitude	-123.058888888889
Photo ID #	39424
Comments	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.