ConfusedDad Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Hello everyone! my daughter asked me if something we saw in the akumal coast is a fossil or else. Of course we did not remove, we just took a video underwater, of which this screenshot is taken from thank you! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Chiton snail. Not a fossil. 2 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 chiton indeed. very much alive. (though not a snail). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Hi, Nice chiton ! Coco 1 ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 34 minutes ago, jpc said: (though not a snail) Hmmm...the Germans call them Schnecke, but I just checked out the classification and see they have their very own class. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 They are polyplacophora, with always 8 plates. Coco 2 ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 (edited) A very nice photo of a specimen of an extremely interesting group of molluscs. Edited December 1, 2022 by Tidgy's Dad Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 2 hours ago, Ludwigia said: Hmmm...the Germans call them Schnecke, but I just checked out the classification and see they have their very own class. I though schnecken were little sweet buns. critter def chiton 2 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 4 hours ago, hemipristis said: I though schnecken were little sweet buns. Sure, but its yet another class, of course : For example: Nußschnecken (google image results) Franz Bernhard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 I prefer the poppy ones. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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