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Jennyncmg wrote:
Yesterday
Maybe a view of the underside with the operculum would help identify whether this is Nerita atramentosa or malanotragus

Nerita sp.
Jennyncmg wrote:
9 Dec 2024
This does not look like Celllana tramoserica but may be a chiton (the grren band where it attaches makes that more likely) However the photo is too blurry to identify further.

Cellana tramoserica
Jennyncmg wrote:
2 Dec 2024
My suggestions for the chitons are far from certain especially when the shell plates are so overgrown with an algal film.

Sypharochiton pelliserpentis
2 Dec 2024
Thanks Jenny. I've updated the name to Tenguella marginalba, to match ALA, with Morula marginalba as a synonym. https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/1d5b19d5-0e1c-4690-9cb7-661fa3074ae7

Tenguella marginalba
Jennyncmg wrote:
30 Nov 2024
This is a Mulberry Shell, formerly known as Morula marginalba but the genus name keeps changing to Tenguella and now Arakawania according to iNaturalis.

Tenguella marginalba
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