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Clear Sundial Snail, Perspective Sundial Snail

Architectonica prespectiva

Description:

Colour white to yellowish-brown, lighter at the edges with interrupted spiral lines.

Habitat:

Sandy bottom, rubble

Notes:

Diameter about 38 cm. Found at a depth of about 6 m during a night dive. Secret Bay, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines

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17 Comments

Eric Noora
Eric Noora 11 years ago

Thanks Courtney :-)

courtneyhitson
courtneyhitson 11 years ago

Beautiful pattern and color of the shell!! Nice find!!

Eric Noora
Eric Noora 11 years ago

Thanks Ken. Glad you liked it :-)

KenCheeks
KenCheeks 11 years ago

Stunning color. Real beauty!

Eric Noora
Eric Noora 11 years ago

Thanks ShannaB :-)

ShannaB
ShannaB 11 years ago

Wow...

Eric Noora
Eric Noora 11 years ago

Thanks Reza :-)

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 11 years ago

Wonderful !

Eric Noora
Eric Noora 11 years ago

It is Argy Bee. Thanks. Love it when I spot live ones and not just the shells :-)

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Beautiful creature Eric.

Eric Noora
Eric Noora 11 years ago

Thank you Telse :-)

Eric Noora
Eric Noora 11 years ago

Hi Chief. Yes very wonderful design :-)

Telse
Telse 11 years ago

What a wonderful photo Eric. Very nice!

Eric Noora
Eric Noora 11 years ago

Thanks Chun. Been trying to upload quite a backlog of spottings :-)

Eric Noora
Eric Noora 11 years ago

Thanks Ali. It is :-)

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 11 years ago

Nice spotting.
Keep up the good work.

Ali Hemati Pour
Ali Hemati Pour 11 years ago

It is very pretty and beautiful!

Eric Noora
Spotted by
Eric Noora

Batangas, Philippines

Spotted on Jul 14, 2012
Submitted on Feb 20, 2013

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