Tag: gastropod

  • Triple Fuss Gigantus

    Triple Fuss Gigantus

    Every summer I seem to find an unusual creature at Pawley’s Island. One year it was a giant, purple, acorn barnacle. Scientific name Megabalanus tintinnabulum. This year it was a horse conch. Scientific name Triplofusus giganteus. Or “Triple Fuss Gigantus,” as I like to call it. This Triple Fuss was on the jetty near our…

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