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Jewel Anemone (Corynactis australis)Observer
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In a low-tidal rock on Lion Rock, Piha.
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Maurea pellucidaObserver
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In wash up of shells after an easterly storm.
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Tipa (New Zealand Scallop) (Pecten novaezelandiae)Observer
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In soft sand, off Tamaki Drive, Auckland.
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Maurea osborneiObserver
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Amodeo Rocks, 60–80'. Dived by Steve O'Shea. Entrance to Tryphena Harbour, Gt. Barrier Island.
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Spotted Tiger Topsnail (Maurea punctulata)Observer
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Maori Beach, Stewart Island, in beach drift.
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Spotted Tiger Topsnail (Maurea punctulata)Observer
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Warrior Rocks, base of the Mount, entrance to Tauranga Harbour. Dead with hermit crab.
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Spotted Tiger Topsnail (Maurea punctulata)Observer
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South Piha, rocks by the Ditch, in rock pool. I can't remember the exact date I found this (it rolled arounf in the centre console of my carfor a few months...). It's very rare to find any gastropod in one piece on this beach; this is the only whole punctulatum I've seen there in >25 years of looking.
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Spotted Tiger Topsnail (Maurea punctulata)Observer
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Taylor's Mistake, Christchurch. Low tide.
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Spotted Tiger Topsnail (Maurea punctulata)Observer
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Warrior Rocks, Entrance to Tauranga Harbour. Spring low tide.
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Spotted Tiger Topsnail (Maurea punctulata)Observer
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Amodeo Rocks, 60–80'. SCUBA dived by Steve O'Shea. Entrance to Tryphena Harbour, Gt. Barrier Island.
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Maurea grantiObserver
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Trawled off the Otago Coast, sometime in the 1960's. Sadly I don't have better data than that. Given to me by Kath Fletcher from Mt. Maunganui in the 1980's. She was elderly and I was a teenager.
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Labiate Helmet Snail (Semicassis labiata)Observer
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Mid-tide, coming up through the sand at Pilot Bay, Mt. Maunganui. It can be readily distinguished from S. pyrum, by it's narrower shape and most particularly by it's columella shield, which is flattened and not warped outwards (as it tends to be in S. pyrum). Also, this is a northern species in NZ and is not found south of Mahia peninsular.
