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) *

486 / 2077

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