DSC_8720 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 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) *
P_2110025 Arabic volute, or pupu rore (Alcithoe arabica) southern form, with eroded, encrusted shell, feeding on turret snail (Maoricolpus roseus). Common on all soft substrates from sheltered mudflats to open ocean beaches from low tide zone to 100 m depth. Prefers deeper water in more open locations. Quarantine Point, Otago Harbour *
