DSC_3678 Spotted whelk, or kawari (Cominella maculosa) normal coloured individual alongside a red-shelled morph. Common in beach drift, and in low tide rock pools. Plimmerton *
11006-12819 Spotted whelk (Cominella maculosa) with with egg capsules. Shell is maller, lighter, and more greyish-green, than the speckled whelk. Common on mudflats in the mid to low tidal zone adjacent to rocks and on flats of coralline algae and on Neptunes necklace on sheltered to semi-protected shores. Waihi *
DSC_7682 Red-mouthed whelk (Cominella virgata virgata) shell similar but taller than spotted whelk. On underside the columella is orange red and the operculum is horny and black. Found beneath rocks and stones on corallina, and Hormosera flats in tide pools in sheltered to exposed localities. Goat Island Marine Reserve, Leigh *
