Image of Austrofusus chathamensis Finlay 1928

Description:

x7 Austrofusus 1 alive, 58mm, without pink barnacles (not in photo) 2 shells, 50 and 58mm, without pink barnacles 1 shell 44mm with a live pink barnacle on board. 3 shells, 36, 45, 48mm with pink barnacle shells on board. All 4 with barnacles, and another 5 collected in the past, (28, 35, 39, 41, 57mm), have the barnacles on the same side of the shell. All shells with barnalces are less than 50mm long, except one 57mm Austrofusus with only 1 smallish barnacle on board. 28, 35, 39, 41mm