Sea Snail Species Stock Video Footage
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the absence of a visible shell. Sea snails are a very large group of animals and a very diverse one. Most snails that live in salt water respire using a gill or gills; a few species, though, have a lung, are intertidal, and are active only at low tide when they can move around in the air. These air-breathing species include false limpets in the family Siphonariidae and another group of false limpets in the family Trimusculidae. Learn more about Sea Snail
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Sea Snail Species Videos
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Conservation Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bat Volute(10 videos) | Cymbiola vespertilio | — |
| Bleeding Tooth(13 videos) | Nerita peloronta | — |
| Brown-lined Paperbubble(14 videos) | Hydatina physis | — |
| Brown Spot(584 videos) | Punctum blandianum | — |
| California Cone(12 videos) | Conus californicus | Least concern |
| Caltrop Murex(1 videos) | Murex tribulus | — |
| Chocolate-band Snail(6 videos) | Eobania vermiculata | — |
| Clear Sundial(3 videos) | Architectonica perspectiva | — |
| Common Olife(135 videos) | Oliva oliva | — |
| Cone Snail(17 videos) | Conus allaryi | Vulnerable |
| Dusky Tegula(5 videos) | Tegula pulligo | — |
| Escargot(7 videos) | Helix pomatia | — |
| Euspira Lewisii(4 videos) | Euspira lewisii | — |
| Flamingo Tongue Snail(11 videos) | Cyphoma gibbosum | — |
| Flat Cardiapod(2 videos) | Cardiapoda placenta | — |
| Giant African Land Snail(21 videos) | Achatina fulica | — |
| Giant Baler(2 videos) | Melo amphora | — |
| Giant Triton(36 videos) | Cymatium parthenopeum | — |
| Giant Tun(5 videos) | Tonna galea | — |
| Great Coral Worm Snail(3 videos) | Dendropoma maximum | — |
| Hairy Helicellid(9 videos) | Trichia hispida | — |
| Horned Helmet(9 videos) | Cassis cornuta | — |
| Japanese False Cerith(12 videos) | Batillaria attramentaria | — |
| Kelletia Kelletii(7 videos) | Kelletia kelletii | — |
| King Helmet(3 videos) | Cassis tuberosa | — |
| Lora Elegans(1 videos) | Lora elegans | — |
| Margarites Striatus(2 videos) | Margarites striatus | — |
| Norrissnail(2 videos) | Norrisia norrisi | — |
| Olive Margarite(1 videos) | Margarites olivaceus | — |
| Orange-spotted Glassy-bubble Snail(1 videos) | Haminoea cymbalum | — |
| Orange-spotted Mitre(35 videos) | Mitra mitra | — |
| Pink Lady(19 videos) | Charonia lampas | — |
| Purple Dwarf Olive(19 videos) | Olivella biplicata | — |
| Purple-ring Topsnail(7 videos) | Calliostoma annulatum | — |
| Ramose Murex(4 videos) | Chicoreus ramosus | — |
| Red-lined Bubble Snail(10 videos) | Bullina lineata | — |
| Rictaxis Punctocaelatus(4 videos) | Rictaxis punctocaelatus | — |
| Small Spot(7 videos) | Punctum minutissimum | — |
| Smooth Lamellarium(13 videos) | Velutina velutina | — |
| Spectacular Corolla(10 videos) | Corolla spectabilis | — |
| Spot(10983 videos) | Leiostomus xanthurus | — |
| Tapestry Turban(2 videos) | Turbo petholatus | — |
| Textile Cone Snail(3 videos) | Conus textile | Least concern |
| Turban Snail(9 videos) | Megastraea undosa | — |
| White-lip Gardensnail(3 videos) | Cepaea hortensis | — |
| Wrinkled Amphissa(1 videos) | Amphissa columbiana | — |