![JeffriesPterygophora](https://mlml.sjsu.edu/student-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/75/2010/12/37997_1371703062383_1525973548_30950069_557009_n.jpg)
Nope! It’s just a snail from the genus Calliostoma. This photo was taken by MLML undergraduate intern Sara Jeffries while on a dive at Monastery Beach. The kelp is called Pterygophora californica, and can form a dense understory about a meter tall beneath the canopy of giant kelp.