Mollusk Discovery

Gastropod

Common name: Spanish Shawl

 Scientific name: Flabellina iodinea
Taxonomy: Animalia, Molluska, Gastropoda,
Nudibranchia, Flabellinidae, Flabellina, Flabellina iodinea
Characteristics: It's found in the kelp forests of the Pacific, feeds on coral, and when they feel threatened they flex their bodies and push themselves off of the substrate and float away.   

  

                             

Common name: Molluska gastropoda
Scientific name: Voluta virescens lacertina
Taxonomy: Animalia, Bilateria, Molluska, Gastropada, Sorbeoconcha, Volutidae, Voluta