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Image of Petaloconchus H. C. Lea 1843
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These tiny snails, their tubes are only 1-2 mm in diameter, superficially look like tube-dwelling worms. They feed by extruding a plankton-entrapping mucus net that they later can ingest. Note the operculum used to seal shut their tube.