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Meeresschnecken

Hier finden sich alle Beiträge, die sich mit den Meeresschnecken beschäftigen.

Gastropoda 8: Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia

25. September 2024

While most marine gastropods belong to the Prosobranchia, whose gills are located in front of the heart (a taxonomic unit that is no longer used because it has been found to be paraphyletic, i.e. is…

Gastropoda 7: Neogastropoda

24. September 2024

The Neogastropoda are a large and diverse suborder of the superorder Caenogastropoda, to which most marine snails belong. Among the snails that can be found in our region, the Neogastropoda include w…

Gastropoda 5: Littorinimorpha

24. September 2024

The Littorinimorpha are a large and diverse suborder of the superorder Caenogastropoda, to which most marine snails belong. Among the snails that can be found in our region, the Littorinimorpha inclu…

Gastropoda 4: Buccinidae and Turritellidae

24. September 2024

Within the large superorder Caenogastropoea (which comprises nearly all snails), the members of the superfamily Cerithioidea are characterised by their oblong shells. At least six species occur aroun…

Gastropoda 3: Trochidae

24. September 2024

The large superfamily of Trochoidea is represented in our area by the families Trochidae, Calliostomatidae, Turbinidae, Phasianellidae and Colloniidae (sometimes considered subfamilies or superfamili…

Gastropoda 2: Abalone and Fissurellidae

24. September 2024

The abalones (superfamily Haliotoidea) and the keyhole and slit limpets (superfamily Fissurelloidea) belong to the superorder Vetigastropoda, as do the Trochidae, which I discuss on a separate page…

Erstaunliche Tiere 7: Meeresschnecken

26. January 2024

In diesem kleinen Beitrag möchte ich nur einmal schnell die Aufmerksamkeit auf die erstaunlichen und geradezu unerklärlichen Formen und Farben mancher Meeresschnecken hinweisen. Wenn man sich einmal…

Photo gallery Marine snails

25. January 2024

Fotoübersicht “Meeresschnecken” plus Käferschnecken und Kahnfüßer Hier geht es zu den Links zu den Beiträgen (am Seitenende) Bitte beachten: Durch Klicken auf die Überschrift kommt man zum entsprech…

Marine snails – Introduction

The snails, or gastropods, belong to the same phylum as bivalvia (e.g. mussels), cephalopods (e.g. octopus and squid) and some smaller groups such as chitons and tusk shells, i.e. the phylum Mollusca…

Gastropoda 6: Worm snails

Among the many strange creatures of the intertidal zone are the worm snails. These snails only crawl around freely while they are young, then they attach themselves to the substrate and adopt a sessi…

Gastropoda 9: Slugs

Marine slugs belong to the gastropods (Gastropoda) and, more specifically, to the opisthobranchs, though this group is no longer recognized. Today the marine slugs mentioned here are placed in the su…

Gastropods 1: Limpets

The limpets (genus Patella) belong to the snails and not to the mussels, even though their shells are not coiled. Unlike snails, mussels always have two shells. Within the snails, the limpets and the…