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significantly thickened shell around dark area. with broken Zenatia acinaces
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Found washed up on the beach.
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Found washed up on the beach.
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Found washed up on the beach.
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Found washed up on the beach.
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Very fast when trying to dig one out alive. Population waxes and wanes noticeably from year to year. May be relevant to what organisms they eat. Beach has suffered a large amount of erosion, the sand from which may bury food supplies. Just a theory at this stage.
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Very fast when trying to dig one out alive. Population waxes and wanes noticeably from year to year. May be relevant to what organisms they eat. Beach has suffered a large amount of erosion, the sand from which may bury food supplies. Just a theory at this stage.
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Apparently very uncommon on this beach.
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Apparently very uncommon on this beach.
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New Zealand, Nelson, Rabbit Island, washed ashore, collected 1987, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt. Image by Joop Trausel and Frans Slieker