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what are these

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I found these today while diving the canal and wanted to know what they are... any help?
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about 1/4" long, looks like some kind of small nudi
about 1/4" long, looks like some kind of small nudi
about the size of a pea... baby moon snail?
about the size of a pea... baby moon snail?
the middle critter doesn't seem to have orange on it is it the same?
the middle critter doesn't seem to have orange on it is it the same?
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The top one is dendronotus venuztus, the bottom one is dendronotus albus. Snails are not my thing.
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dendronotus albus looks like the outside ones, but the middle one looks different to me ... do some not have the orange tips?
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the snail is probably an Aleutian Moonsnail.
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Georgia is correct; Aleutian moonsnail. The spots on its body are one giveaway; they're also a lot smaller than the Lewis' moonsnails; one that's longer than an inch is really big.

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Thanks all... thought it might be some kind of moon snail, just never saw one before
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They changed the designation on albums a while back to include what used to be versacolor so yes these are all albus and this also includes the pink ones.
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Dusty2 wrote:They changed the designation on albums a while back to include what used to be versacolor so yes these are all albus and this also includes the pink ones.

thanks, good to know.
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