11 Lamellaria latens

11 Lamellaria latens

Sole and underside of mantle.
When the foot extends, the anterior sometimes assumes an axe-head form. This specimen is sloughing the exterior layer of its mantle which is rolled up towards the top of the image (1) leaving most of the animal extremely translucent and showing the pink-orange viscera within the shell.
Length 4 mm. February 2013. Menai Strait, Wales.

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