APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Trivia arctica (Pulteney, 1799) - Arctic cowrie (Marine snail images)
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Arctic cowrie
Trivia arctica
- live animal / dorsal view 1

Arctic cowrie
Trivia arctica
- live animal / lateral view 1

The specimen above was found on washing the holdfasts of the brown algae Saccorhiza polyschides, Furbelows, collected from the shallow sublittoral at Battery Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall, 21.09.20.

Arctic cowrie
Trivia arctica
- live animal / dorsal view 2

Arctic cowrie
Trivia arctica
- live animal / dorsal view 3

Arctic cowrie
Trivia arctica
- live animal / lateral view 2

Arctic cowrie
Trivia arctica
- live animal / in crevice 1

Arctic cowrie
Trivia arctica
- live animal underside / mouth 1

Images of species taken at Batten Bay, Mount Batten, Plymouth, Devon. 01.03.06; also on lowershore in rock crevice at Albert Pier reef, Penzance, Cornwall, 10.02.13 and 11.02.13.

Arctic cowrie
Trivia arctica
- juvenile changing to adult 1

Arctic cowrie
Trivia arctica
- juvenile changing to adult 2

Specimen above found at Lariggan Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall, 26.05.16.

Trivia arctica Arctic Cowrie marine snail images
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.