Sighting 4223825
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Identification history
| Nautilus macromphalus | 30 May 2019 | MandyReid | ||
| Nautilus pompilius | 29 May 2019 | MickBettanin |
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User's notes
Shell only. Found on a secluded rocky bay. Shell was wedged in between some rocks. As a tropical species I can only suggest that is has come down on the EAC, open to opinion.
2 comments
MandyReid
wrote:
30 May 2019
This is not a shell of Nautilus pompilius. It is a shell of Nautilus macromphalus. The live animals of this species are known from northeastern Australia, New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. It is not found off southeastern Australia but the shells of Nautilus can drift for hundreds of kms, carried by currents. It should not be included among species lists for southeastern Australia.
MickBettanin
wrote:
31 May 2019
Thanks for the information Mandy, I was pretty amazed to find it, nice to know a bit more about it.
Libby - if you zoom in the pin should be in the accurate location, zoomed out it looks a bit deceptive.
Libby - if you zoom in the pin should be in the accurate location, zoomed out it looks a bit deceptive.
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
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Collections
MickBettanin NatureMapr South Coast Unidentified Octopuses, Squids (Cephalopoda) Sea Shells, Sea Slugs, Octopuses & allies (Mollusca) Marine Invertebrates
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