New Zealand Seashore

DSC_9676 Spotted black top snail, or maihi (Diloma aethiops) showing characteristic spots on shell, and the operculum. Found at mid to high tide levels on and under rocks, in crevices, and around the edges of rock pools of shores with low to moderate wave action. Aquarium Point, Otago Harbour

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DSC_9676 Spotted black top snail, or maihi (Diloma aethiops) showing characteristic spots on shell, and the operculum. Found at mid to high tide levels on and under rocks, in crevices, and around the edges of rock pools of shores with low to moderate wave action. Aquarium Point, Otago Harbour

DSC 9676 Spotted dark black common top snail top shell maihi Melagraphia Diloma aethiops intertidal Aquarium Point Otago Harbour