New Zealand Seashore

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 *

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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 *

12819 Spotted whelk Cominella maculosa eggs egg capsules Waihi