Pretty sad example but it’s the only sign of any cowrie that we’ve seen in this area. Obviously lots of sandy substrate here and haven’t come across any rocky headlands so probably explains why.
Site: Bethlehem
Peri Paleracio and Romnick Baillo
Port Hedland WA - Cooke Point CP
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Neogastropoda
FAM Muricidae
Murex coppingeri
Port Hedland WA - Cooke Point CP
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Subclass Heterobranchia
Order Nudibranchia
Suborder Doridina
FAM Chromodorididae
Hypselodoris rudmani
Gosliner & R.F. Johnson, 1999
I found one and Nikki found another one.
Nikki found this one.
Unusual yellow form.
Lots of sub adult E. errones, not sure what the significance of that is but definitely more than I’ve noticed anywhere before.