Bathylopod Logbook Entry

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> Holcodiscus Galea

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Specimen recovered by Planet-side crews. I was presented with a diving helmet containing the corpse of the creature, and cracked remains of an evolute mollusc shell. Shell presumed to have broken upon death, from the diving helmet impacting the ground. Looking up fossil matches from back home confirmed my suspicions. The structure, internally and externally, matches the Ammonitida Order, specifically Holcodiscidae. How it wound up here on the planet is far beyond my paygrade to speculate upon, but I suspect it might relate back to similar creatures encountered in Contact Light database records...

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Presents as a diving helmet with tentacles hanging beneath, capable of floating approximately 2m above ground level. My investigations into the creature's biology match observations made by Contact Light crews, that this creature floats using a constant stream of gas created from within the shell. Creature is hostile to humans and other forms of life, and presumed carnivorous by its stomach contents. The diving helmet does not appear to be behaviorally related to intentional mimicry or deception by the creature, but rather as a convenient additional means of defense to its fragile shell and vital organs. Creature's shell had conformed to the inner walls of the helmet, suggesting it had inhabited it for an extended period, growing into and past the spatial limits the helmet presented. Similar to a hermit crab, but this specimen had seemingly trapped itself within the helmet of its own accord. Strange... 
Entry will be updated when we have further specimens to research.

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