Sunday, May 24, 2009
nerites
nerites
They are usually inactive during the day, and often stay above the water during high tide in crevices. Such behaviour appears to be an adaptation against predation by crabs and possibly, fish.Having a hard, calcareous operculum is another defense strategy. Flattened disc-like whitish egg capsules each containing more than 30 eggs are laid on hard surfaces. The eggs hatch into
swimming veliger larvae. it is the
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