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Unidentified at suppressed - 31 Dec 2023
Unidentified at suppressed - 31 Dec 2023
Unidentified at suppressed - 31 Dec 2023
Unidentified at suppressed - 31 Dec 2023
Unidentified at suppressed - 31 Dec 2023
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Identification history

Cymbiola magnifica 8 Jan 2024 Jennyncmg
Unidentified 7 Jan 2024 Miranda

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User's notes

This was huge - the foot about 40cm long. It was in only about 1-1.5m of water and looked like it was following a scent, waving its siphon around and changing course. When I left it was climbing up onto a rock outcrop. It left a visible mucous trail behind on the seabed.

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Jennyncmg wrote:
   8 Jan 2024
Great to see photos of the living animal on the hunt. I'm not sure of the species but this volute seems the closest ID I can find.

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Sighting information

  • 1 - 3 Abundance
  • 31 Dec 2023 02:55 PM Recorded on
  • Miranda Recorded by

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  • 1m - 3m Depth of sighting

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