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Paguroidea
Small green spiral shell holding a small crab inside.
Spotted at La Jolla Shores in the tide pools during low tide.
The crab's leg is shown in the second photo.
Spotted on Nov 22, 2011
Submitted on Nov 24, 2011
2 Comments
Thanks for the confirmation!
That would likely make it a hermit crab. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermit_crab.... And a member of the Arthropod category.