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Unedogemmula indicaObserver
dorisreefDescription
Port Hedland WA - CB/Simpson Street
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Subclass Caenogastropoda
Order Neogastropoda
Suberfamily Conoidea
FAM Turridae
Unedogemmula indica
(Röding, 1798)
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Genus CribrarulaObserver
quokka2Description
6-10m,wall down to sand /rubble bottom
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Austroharpa punctataObserver
aburnellDescription
This photo was taken with a Nikonos film camera. I've photographed the prints using my phone.
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Austroharpa punctataObserver
aburnellDescription
This photos was taken with a Nikonos film camera. I've photographed the prints using my phone.
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Harpa goodwiniObserver
marloDescription
65.3 mm
This is Harpa goodwini Rehder, 1993.
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Polynesian Harp (Harpa gracilis)Observer
uwkwajDescription
Lab photo of 32.75mm shell
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Australian Trumpet (Syrinx aruana)Observer
karrihartleyDescription
Observation courtesy of John Hartley and Tina Horton.
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fmoretzsohnDescription
This is the holotype of Chimaeria incomparabilis Briano, 1993 (now Sphaerocypraea incomparabilis), considered to be one of the rarest of all seashells.
The original description was published in: Briano, B., 1993. Description of a new genus and a new species of Cypraeidae from Somalia. World Shells 5: 14-17.
Its provenance remains a mystery, but it is said to be from somewhere off Somalia.
The holotype is deposited in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, MNHN-IM-2000-3556.
I'm fortunate to have had the opportunity to visit and do some research at the type collection at several large museums, and to have seen in person four of the only six known specimens of this beautiful shell.
When this shell was discovered it puzzled malacologists. It resembles a true cowrie, family Cypraeidae, but it was later discovered to look similar to a fossil, Sphaerocypraea, in the family Ovulidae.
See more taxonomic information at the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) at:
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575782
Based on a suggestion by jakob, I changed the observation to the original data when the specimen was collected, 1963 (I don't have the photo of the specimen label handy, so I don't know the month and day). However, by posting the date of observation it sounds like I observed it a little before I was born :-). I guess iNat is not meant to document museum specimens, since it complicates things quite a bit. Maybe there needs to be a similar website for natural history museum specimens, named iNat Museum! I saw and photographed this shell in person on 2008-11-17.
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uwkwajDescription
Under rock, depth 15m. DNA apparently puts this in Ovatipsa, shell colors and pattern strongly indicate Talostolida.
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Talostolida latiorObserver
uwkwajDescription
In small cave at night. Dark mantle papillae help differentiate from Ovatipsa rashleighana.
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Blotched Snowflake Volute (Cymbiola nivosa)Observer
jmartincrossleyDescription
Laying eggs
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ben_travagliniDescription
Photos taken by Leon Altoff and supplied by Audrey Falconer of the Marine Research Group, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria.
Uploaded to iNaturalist with permission.
Slight image adjustments done by myself.
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Genus MicromeloObserver
henrycarrickDescription
Found intertidally while conducting surveys
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Genus MicromeloObserver
henrycarrickDescription
Found during intertidal surveys
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Genus MicromeloObserver
henrycarrickDescription
Found on intertidal limestone platform at low tide.
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Zoila friendiiObserver
jmartincrossleyDescription
camera light and arm reflection in shell.
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Queen Victoria Cone (Conus victoriae)Observer
dorisreefDescription
Port Hedland WA - Thompson Street
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Subclass Caenogastropoda
Order Neogastropoda
Superfamily Conoidea
FAM Conidae
Conus victoriae
Reeve, 1843
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Firebrand Murex (Chicoreus torrefactus)Observer
dorisreefDescription
Port Hedland WA - Finucane Island
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Neogastropoda
FAM Muricidae
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Southern Baler (Melo miltonis)Observer
daniel_healdDescription
Southern Baler Eating Turban Shell
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Princely Cone (Conus aulicus)Observer
quokka2Description
Snorkel fringing reef.
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Angaria tyriaObserver
henrycarrickDescription
Pictured at night in 6-9m of water on/around seagrass beds, sand flats and low profile limestone reef.
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Staghorn Murex (Chicoreus cornucervi)Observer
dorisreefDescription
Port Hedland WA - Cemetery Beach
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Neogastropoda
FAM Muricidae
Chicoreus cornucevi
laying eggs
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Costate Tun Snail (Tonna allium)Observer
broome_seagrass_cmpDescription
Photographed by Martin Pritchard in the intertidal zone off Entrance point. ID by Dr. Lisa Kirkendale from WA Museum.
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Tanea sagittataObserver
dorisreefDescription
Port Hedland WA - Lacy Street
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Littorinimorpha
Family Naticidae
Tanea sagittata
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Trigonal Cone (Conus trigonus)Observer
dorisreefDescription
Port Hedland WA - Cooke Point CP
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Neogastropoda
Superfamily Conoidea
FAM Conidae
Conus trigonus
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Trigonal Cone (Conus trigonus)Observer
dorisreefDescription
Port Hedland WA - Cooke Point CP
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Neogastropoda
Superfamily Conoidea
FAM Conidae
Conus trigonus
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Damon's Volute (Amoria damonii)Observer
dorisreefDescription
Port Hedland WA - Cooke Point CP
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Neogastropoda
FAM Volutidae
Amoria damonii
Gray, 1864
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Bolma exoticaObserver
jannvendettiDescription
JAMSTEC/ Ocean Census, R/V Kaimei, KM#271Mo01, ~ 397 m, shell length ~1.7 cm
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Conus tisiiObserver
jannvendettiPlace
Missing LocationDescription
JAMSTEC K/V Kaimei, CRAMBON, 520.5 meters
