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Jennyncmg wrote:
14 hrs ago
Each is the operculum of the Turbo that seals the opening when the snail pulls back into its shell.
Turbo (Ninella) torquatus
LauraBailey wrote:
Yesterday
Fish gas bladder (probably porcupine fish)
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DougT wrote:
Yesterday
I reckon maybe Aspidontus taeniatus. Alternatively Labroides dimidiatus.
Aspidontus taeniatus
Jennyncmg wrote:
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It is a species of cowrie but I don't know which one
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WendyEM wrote:
16 May 2025
"STICHTOCHILA gen. n. ..... Antennae a little more than two-thirds the length of fore wings (0.70-0.72x), ciliations near base in male 2.5-4.3x diameter of flagellum, diminishing in length to about three-fourths, flagellum in female ventrally unscaled, scape with strong pecten." Mon. of Aust. Lep. Vol. 3 Common, I.F.B. CSIRO 1994 p. 135
Stictochila (genus)

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