Worm Snail with Mucus Web (IMAGE)

Field Museum

Worm Snail with Mucus Web

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The new worm snail species is on its shipwreck home, with the mucus web it uses to trap food. The worm snail shell appears in this image as a blue-ish tube at the center of the photo; the mucus web is behind it.

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© Rüdiger Bieler, The Field Museum

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