Gastropoda Essays

  • Sea Critter Observation

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    Aeolidia papillosa Web site: http://www.wallawalla.edu/academics/departments/biology/rosario/inverts/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Opisthobranchia/Nudibranchia/Aeolidacea/Aeolidia_papillosa.html, (Cowles, 2008) Lunsford , Ryan (2002). Lottia pelta. Retrieved September 3, 2009, from Lottia pelta, shield limpet Web site: http://www.wallawalla.edu/academics/departments/biology/rosario/inverts/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Prosobranchia/Order_Patellogastropoda/Family_Lottiidae/Lottia_pelta.html (Lunsford, 2002) Phipps, M (2006)

  • My Aquarium

    548 Words  | 2 Pages

    My Aquarium The place I decided to do my paper on is located in the living room of my family’s house. It is a one hundred gallon aquarium. The reason I chose this as the topic of my paper is that all kingdoms are present except for Plantae in it and it is its own ecosystem. Before I go in detail about the organisms in the aquarium, I would like to mention the accessories that make this aquarium a stable environment and allow the organisms to grow happily. The temperature needs to mimic

  • Dangerous Animals of the Great Barrier Reef

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    Dangerous Animals of the Great Barrier Reef According to Dennis Fulkerson, one of the Australia Explorers (1996), the Great Barrier Reef is "God's underwater playground." Indeed, everyone in the group seemed to have a fabulous time exploring the reef. However, many of the group expressed some amount of fear about snorkelling on the reef, far away from the mainland. I began to wonder if there was really that much to be afraid of. We were only told that it was not box jellyfish season, and, more

  • Investigation on the Habituation of Snails to Touch

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    enter and re-emerged from the shell decreases with every poking done. Therefore, it is to conclude that a snail can be habituated with a harmless stimulus. Introduction: Snail “Snail is a common name for all members of the molluscan class Gastropoda which have coiled shells on their back in the adult stage.” (Wikipedia, 2010) This includes land snails and snails that live in water. In this experiment, we use the common type of land snails which are also known as the garden snails. Snails