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San Diego County, California, US

Found this empty shell on the beach

I thought this looked like a worn auger (Terebridae) but find no species north of Pt Conception. Is this just a worn, large Batillaria @susanhewitt, @pliffgrieff?

(fingers-crossed)

Turritella “unicorn snail” at Cangrejera Beach.

Observed by a Friends of the Desert Mountains trail camera in Palm Desert.

Bad pic but you get the idea, saw this guy crossing the road. Did my best to snag a picture before he disappeared and was very happy to have seen him

On the waterfall hike at the Eaton Canyon Natural Area a large group of kids spotted this Ringtail high above us.

DOR

Caught inside and released

Rock Garden - Joshua Tree NPS

Photographer Chris Scharf - client of Royle Safaris on tour

common among rocks and rubble inside the breakwater at low tide

The shell.

Alive

Santa Cruz

A friend who was at the beach 2/28/24 sent these to me.

This 3/4" Chlamys hastata (Spiny Pink Scallop) was squirming and leaping about in a shallow tide pool. The second photo shows the scallop underwater.

Calliostoma annulatum making a funny face.

Maybe…?

At about 70 feet deep.

due to the worn nature of this shell I could not identify the species, abalone locally are extremely rare, so I have no experience in IDing them

Shell broke open

These were strangely abundant live in the intertidal at a -1.5 ft low tide. This species is usually only seen in the subtidal.

found at 20' depth

Found in the tide next to hermit crabs and tons of mussel shells.