In a fishing port in Chiba Prefecture, I have found a
strange spiny critter I can't identify.

It is crabbed and its general appearance really
resemble a gastropod, however something suggests it
may not be a mollusc at all.

Does anyone wish to receive the photo (137 kB) and
try?

Thanks!
Paolo

Paolo G. ALBANO
Bologna, ITALY
Webmaster of Società Italiana di Malacologia website at http://www.sim-online.it

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