New Zealand Seashore

DSC_8704 Arabic volute or pupu rore (Alcithoe arabica) shell variable in shape and colour. Populations from sheltered northerly locations have a row of strong nodules on the shoulder (left). Others from exposed and southerly locations have almost no nodules at all (right) *

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DSC_8704 Arabic volute or pupu rore (Alcithoe arabica) shell variable in shape and colour. Populations from sheltered northerly locations have a row of strong nodules on the shoulder (left). Others from exposed and southerly locations have almost no nodules at all (right) *

DSC 8704 Arabic volute pupu rore Alcithoe arabica variation shell swaisonii