Oct 14, 2023
Janthina janthina, also known as the violet snail, constructs rafts of bubble-filled mucus to stay afloat.
PHOTOGRAPH BY DENIS RIEK
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Janthina janthina, also known as the violet snail, constructs rafts of bubble-filled mucus to stay afloat.
PHOTOGRAPH BY DENIS RIEK
New pfp and possibly a redesign or my in-general sona
(In general means i will have my sona in every scenario or added to whatever-)
Think people here would really really like violet snails. Purple snail who floats upside down on bubble raft? And they give life birth and somehow hunt Man 'o War jelly fish? Amazing.
Image description: A pale purple snail floating in water. It is attached to a cluster of bubbles that float on the surface. End image description.
The Violet Snail (Janthina janthina) or Bubble Raft Shell - a gastropod that floats on the open ocean using mucous-coated bubbles that it secretes from its foot.
Janthina janthina, a common name common purple snail, is a species of holoplanktonic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Janthinidae, the violet snails or purple storm snails. These snails are a unique part of the pleuston, organisms living on or at the very surface of the water, because of their relatively large size. They have veliger or free swimming larvae, but the adults do not swim and cannot create their rafts except at the surface where air bubbles are available.
Common Purple Snail (Janthina janthina)
Also known as the violet snail or purple storm snail, the purple snail is a species of marine snail found in tropical/temperate waters worldwide. Unlike most sea snails this species is pelagic and is often found drifting on the surface. They are able to do this due to a bubble raft that the gastropod secretes, this raft allows them to stay on the surface in the water. They spend their entire adults life at the surface where they feed. Being at the surface makes them easy targets and they are common prey for other pelagic animals like the Velella and Man o' War.
Phylogeny
Animalia-Mollusca-Gastropoda-Epitonioidea-Janthinidae-Janthina-janthina
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the violet snail.