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The Natural History of Bodega Head: The Tinted Wentletrap Wentletrap Shell, Beautiful Seashells, Sea Anemone, She Sells Seashells, Treasure Hunter, Sea Shore, Shell Art, Natural Forms, Good Energy

This is one of my favorite local marine snails, the Tinted Wentletrap (Epitonium tinctum). It's ~1.5 cm tall, slender, with tight whorls and well defined axial ribs (or varices). The ribs appear to spiral around the shell towards the apex, hence the name wentletrap, originally a Dutch term for a spiral staircase. Tinted Wentletraps are specialized carnivores, feeding on sea anemones. On Bodega Head, they can be found nestled among Aggregating Anemones (Anthopleura elegantissima) — see below…

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