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Total guess but I think this is part of the whelk whanau. Living in the tidal mudflats of the Parengarenga Harbour.
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Total guess but I think this is part of the whelk whanau. Living in the tidal mudflats of the Parengarenga Harbour.
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Total guess but I think this is part of the whelk whanau. Living in the tidal mudflats of the Parengarenga Harbour.
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I think this is a whelk shell which is what I would like the ID for and not the crab that is living in this shell!
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I think this is a whelk shell which is what I would like the ID for and not the crab that is living in this shell!
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In the shallows of the surf. Tide out. The snail was balanced on some shells (I think) and was blowing bubbles in the water.
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Been a while since I seen these but I think it is an oyster borer
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Cruising around the lagoon looking for a kai.
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Cruising in the lagoon on corraline officialis
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Around 25mm dead
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Around 25mm dead
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Not sure if both of these are the mud whelk or if they are 2 different species. If they are, let me know and I will duplicate this obs. Snorkelling in the Whangateau Harbour at high tide. This would have been in about 1m of water.
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Not sure if both of these are the mud whelk or if they are 2 different species. If they are, let me know and I will duplicate this obs. Snorkelling in the Whangateau Harbour at high tide. This would have been in about 1m of water.
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Not sure if both of these are the mud whelk or if they are 2 different species. If they are, let me know and I will duplicate this obs. Snorkelling in the Whangateau Harbour at high tide. This would have been in about 1m of water.
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New Zealand, Northland, Bay of Islands Co., Paimia, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.. Image by Joop Trausel and Frans Slieker
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Summary[
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Bouchet & Rocroi (2005): Domain:
Eukaryota • Regnum:
Animalia • Subregnum:
Eumetazoa • Cladus:
Bilateria • Superphylum:
Protostomia • Phylum:
Mollusca • Classis:
Gastropoda • Cladus:
Caenogastropoda • Cladus:
Hypsogastropoda • Cladus:
Neogastropoda • Superfamilia:
Buccinoidea • Familia:
Buccinidae • Subfamilia:
Buccininae • Genus:
Cominella • Species:
Cominella glandiformis (Reeve, 1847) Description:
Cominella glandiformis (Reeve, 1847) English: Mud Whelk; Length 2.2 cm; Originating from the Firth of Thames, Kaiaua, New Zealand; Shell of own collection, therefore not geocoded. Dorsal, lateral (right side), ventral, back, and front view. Deutsch: Länge 2,2 cm; Herkunft: Firth of Thames, Kaiaua, Neuseeland. Date: 16 October 2013. Source: Own work. Author:
H. Zell.
To the gallery of shells[
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New Zealand, Northland, Mangonui Co., Houhora harbour, at low tide on bivalves in sandy mud, collected 7th August 1976, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.. Image by Joop Trausel and Frans Slieker