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crab shells

Description:

After a storm thousands of crab shells and fish bones were left all over the beach.

2 Species ID Suggestions

Pie crust crab
Metacarcinus novaezelandiae Pie crust crab


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7 Comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

...moved to 'Arthropods' category

DespinaTsafetopoulou
DespinaTsafetopoulou 11 years ago

as about the crab shells, I believe it's Metacarcinus novaezelandiae(ngahorohoro) shells...

DespinaTsafetopoulou
DespinaTsafetopoulou 11 years ago

The small round pinkish shells, belong to the species zethalia zelandica

LouiseLogan
LouiseLogan 12 years ago

Thank you. The snail shells belong to Periwinkles, Littorina obtusata I think they maybe called, and so common here that I hadn't even thought of them.

auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

I love these capricious collections. Very nice photos. What are those snails in the second picture?

ceherzog
ceherzog 12 years ago

Your first photo did not upload properly...could you try it again?

VivBraznell
VivBraznell 12 years ago

Wonderful ........ I love taking photos like this Louise, there is so much washed up on the beach

LouiseLogan
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LouiseLogan

Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Spotted on Nov 10, 2011
Submitted on Dec 10, 2011

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