DSC_4651 Lined whelk, or huamutu (Buccinulum linea) live animal, showing operculum. Found in sheltered to open localities under stones and ledges, on rocky reefs. All Day Bay, Kakanui *
DSC_4685 Lined whelk, or huamutu (Buccinulum linea) detail of live animal, showing operculum. Found in sheltered to open localities under stones and ledges, on rocky reefs. All Day Bay, Kakanui
DSC_5261 Lined whelk, or huamutu (Buccinulum pallidum) larger and with a thicker shell than B. linea, and more common south of about Timaru. Great variation in shell colour in some populations of this boldly striped whelk. In sheltered to open localities under stones and ledges, on rocky reefs. Waipapa Point, Catlins Coast *
