Northern Moon Snail

Moon Snail

Lunatia heros

Size: to 4"

Habitat: generally in deeper water, but possible in shallows

Notes: quite common in places

Moon Snail

These snails are responsible for the curious sand collars that divers often find. They produce a glue to cement the sand grains together into a protective ring for their eggs.

Moon Snails are predators of other shellfish, which they smother with their enormous foot. They are themselves sometimes eaten as Scungilli.

Moon Snail
Herb Segars Photography

Shipwreck SS Mohawk
Not to be confused with the R.C. Mohawk or the other S.S. Mohawk.
Type:
shipwreck, liner, USA, Clyde-Mallory Lines ( sailing under Ward Lines )
Name:
A tribe of Iroquoian Indians of the eastern New York area.
Three identical sisters were named Cherokee, Seminole, and Algonquin
Built:
1926, Newport News VA USA ( Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. )
Specs:
( 387 x 54 ft ) 5897 gross tons, 163 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Thursday January 25, 1935
collision with Norwegian freighter Talisman - 45 casualties
Depth:
80 ft max

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