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Nassarius papillosus
Mollusk with "pimpled" brown and white tapering shell ~ 3 cm long. Its foot is white with multiple black and one prominent red spots.
Near shore tropical reef ecosystem; coral reef ecosystem.
Spotted offshore of Leeward Oahu, in sand channel between coral-covered rocky areas. Date is notional, ca. 1983. Original medium was photoprint, taken with Nikonos III using close-up kit and flash; print subsequently scanned and image saved as digital file.
Spotted on Jun 19, 1983
Submitted on Dec 6, 2011
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