Adanson’s slit shell – conchiglia di Adanson – Entemnotrochus adansonianus – www.intotheblue.it-2024-01-28-14h16m41s797
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Adanson's slit shell

While snorkeling along a stretch of coral reef on Redang Island in Malaysia we found this Adanson's slit shell in a few meters of seabed. The encounter, quite unusual given that the mollusc lives at great depths, is due to the fact that it was probably brought there by some deep-sea fisherman while cleaning the fishing nets...