Freshwater snails and seed shrimp

Freshwater snails and seed shrimp

Fossilized Turitella agate, containing freshwater snails (Elimia tenera) and seed shrimp (ostracods), are magnified 7x in this image from Douglas Moore at the University of Wisconsin in Stevens Point.

The image was awarded 16th place in the 2012 Nikon International Small World Photomicrography Competition.

October 25, 2012 12:37 PM PDT

Photo by: Douglas Moore

| Caption by: James Martin

 

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