Pond snails. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the shells of snails. These snails live in ponds. Snails are molluscs that protect themsel

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Pond snails. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the shells of snails. These snails live in ponds. Snails are molluscs that protect themselves with a mineralised spiralling shell. Magnification: x14 when printed 10cm wide.

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Size: 3261px × 2679px
Photo credit: © STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: anatomical, anatomy, animal, aquatic, biological, biology, coloured, false-colour, false-coloured, fauna, freshwater, invertebrates, mineral, mollusc, nature, pond, sem, shell, shells, snail, snails, wildlife, zoological, zoology