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Pterosoma planum Pelagic Snail

This is a head-on view of Pterosoma planum, a species of predatory snail that lives in the open oceans of the Indo-Pacific region. The animal's gills are to the rear and raised above the animal in this image, with its eyes and feeding proboscis oriented forward and to the bottom. Photographed in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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This is a head-on view of Pterosoma planum, a species of predatory snail that lives in the open oceans of the Indo-Pacific region. The animal's gills are to the rear and raised above the animal in this image, with its eyes and feeding proboscis oriented forward and to the bottom. Photographed in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.