Anton Oleinik

Faculty page at Florida Atlantic University

from his collection:

Struthioptera camachoi Zinsmeister, 1977; La Meseta Formation, Eocene; Seymour Island, James Ross Island group, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica; t: 90 mm, bl: 92 mm, br: 106 mm; Coll. Anton Oleinik

Struthiochenopus nordenskjoldi (Wilckens, 1910); Lopez de Bertodano Formation, Paleocene; Seymour Island, James Ross Island group, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica; Coll. Anton Oleinik

Struthiochenopus nordenskjoldi (Wilckens, 1910); Lopez de Bertodano Formation, Paleocene; Seymour Island, James Ross Island group, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
tl: 49 mm, tr: 59 mm, bl:59 mm, br: 58 mm; Coll. Anton Oleinik

Antarctodarwinella ellioti Zinsmeister, 1976; La Meseta Formation, Eocene; Seymour Island, James Ross Island group, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica; t: 47 mm, bl: 56 mm, br: 44 mm; Coll. Anton Oleinik

Antarctodarwinella nordenskjoldi (Wilckens, 1911); La Meseta Formation, Eocene; Seymour Island, James Ross Island group, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica; t: 43 mm, bl: 41 mm, br: 43 mm
Coll. Anton Oleinik

Photos

Photos of Strombus gigas; taken by Anton Oleinik, Pompano Beach, Florida, USA; Copyright Anton Oleinik

Photos of Strombus gigas; taken by Anton Oleinik, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA; Copyright Anton Oleinik

Photos of Strombus gigas; taken by Anton Oleinik, Key Largo, Florida, USA; Copyright Anton Oleinik

Photos of Strombus gigas; taken by Anton Oleinik, Key West, Florida, USA; Copyright Anton Oleinik

Photos of Strombus gigas; taken by Anton Oleinik, Marathon, Florida, USA; Copyright Anton Oleinik

Photos of Strombus gigas; taken by Anton Oleinik, Bahamas, USA; Copyright Anton Oleinik

Photos of Strombus gigas Linnaeus, 1758; at 3-4 m by scuba diving; Pompano Beach, Broward County, Florida, USA; Photo & Copyright Anton Oleinik

Photos of juvenile Strombus gigas Linnaeus, 1758; taken by scuba diving, at night in 10 feet water; Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA; Photo & Copyright Anton Oleinik

• Comment Oleinik, 2010: "Pictures show very well how the animal is capable of retracting itself into the shell and shows the foot and operculum which the animal uses for jump-like locomotion."

Lobatus costatus (Gmelin, 1791); Pompano Beach, Florida, USA; Photo & copyright Anton Oleinik

Lobatus costatus (Gmelin, 1791); Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA; Photo & copyright Anton Oleinik

Lobatus gallus (Linnaeus, 1758); Key Largo, Florida, USA; photo & Copyright Anton Oleinik

Lobatus raninus (Gmelin, 1791); Pompano Beach, Florida, USA; photo & copyright Anton Oleinik

Lobatus raninus (Gmelin, 1791); Key West, Florida, USA; photo & copyright Anton Oleinik

Strombus pugilis Linnaeus, 1758; Puerto Rico; photo & copyright Anton Oleinik

Strombus alatus Gmelin, 1791; Riviera Beach, Lake Worth Lagoon, Florada, USA, photo & copyright Anton Oleinik

Strombus alatus Gmelin, 1791, juvenile; Riviera Beach, Lake Worth Lagoon, Florada, USA, photo & copyright Anton Oleinik

Films

• Film: Strange feeding behaviour of Lobatus costatus (Gmelin, 1791), 0:34 min; Copyright Anton Oleinik
  • Comment Anton Oleinik: "The picture with two strombus is taken off Marathon, Florida keys, off Delta Shoal near the Delta D barge wreck at 25 feet during night. Water temperature 81oF. It appered to me at first that these strombuses (Strombus (Lobatus) costatus) were mating. But at the closer look you can see that that smaller conch is attached to the back surface of the shell of the larger one. It is my understanding that the smaller one was eating the algae off the shell of the larger one and did not want to give up the salad bar."

• Film: Hermit crab carrying a Lobatus costatus shell, 0:36 min; Copyright Anton Oleinik
  • Comment Anton Oleinik: "All pictures are of Strombus (Lobatus?) costatus were taken in August - early September of 2010 off Marathon, Florida Keys, Florida, USA, in the vicinity of the Sombrero Reef. These pictures are taken in ~ 25 - 40 feet of water during the day and night on carbonate coral debris sand within the general area of the Hawk Channel and seagrass beds landward from the reef tract."
  • Hermit crab = Petrochirus diogenes (?)