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Small specimen of this sp which can grow to 100mm. Heavily ridged stong shell to withstand wave pounding. It's habitat is the breaker zone on rocky coasts.
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Small specimen of this sp which can grow to 100mm. Heavily ridged stong shell to withstand wave pounding. It's habitat is the breaker zone on rocky coasts.
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Small specimen of this sp which can grow to 100mm. Heavily ridged stong shell to withstand wave pounding. It's habitat is the breaker zone on rocky coasts.
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This tricky little shell starts off white when dry, but changes colour when wet. The last photos are of the door and the creature who lives in these shells :)
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This tricky little shell starts off white when dry, but changes colour when wet. The last photos are of the door and the creature who lives in these shells :)
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This tricky little shell starts off white when dry, but changes colour when wet. The last photos are of the door and the creature who lives in these shells :)
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This tricky little shell starts off white when dry, but changes colour when wet. The last photos are of the door and the creature who lives in these shells :)
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This tricky little shell starts off white when dry, but changes colour when wet. The last photos are of the door and the creature who lives in these shells :)
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This tricky little shell starts off white when dry, but changes colour when wet. The last photos are of the door and the creature who lives in these shells :)
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This tricky little shell starts off white when dry, but changes colour when wet. The last photos are of the door and the creature who lives in these shells :)
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This tricky little shell starts off white when dry, but changes colour when wet. The last photos are of the door and the creature who lives in these shells :)
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Two fresh specimens showing usual yellow interior.
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Not too sure where to go from this temp ID as the next obs I thought was the same until I looked close and realised that there are differences in shape! Washed up on the beach.
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Not too sure where to go from this temp ID as the next obs I thought was the same until I looked close and realised that there are differences in shape! Washed up on the beach.
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Not too sure where to go from this temp ID as the next obs I thought was the same until I looked close and realised that there are differences in shape! Washed up on the beach.
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Not too sure where to go from this temp ID as the previous obs I thought was the same until I looked close and realised that there are differences in shape! Washed up on the beach.
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Not too sure where to go from this temp ID as the previous obs I thought was the same until I looked close and realised that there are differences in shape! Washed up on the beach.
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Not too sure where to go from this temp ID as the previous obs I thought was the same until I looked close and realised that there are differences in shape! Washed up on the beach.
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Lots of these amoung the rocks at Scotts Point, Northern end of the Tohe, 90 Mile Beach
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Lots of these amoung the rocks at Scotts Point, Northern end of the Tohe, 90 Mile Beach
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I think this is a cart rut shell. In the main gut, low intertidal zone.
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I think this is a cart rut shell. In the main gut, low intertidal zone.
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intertidal