Port Hedland WA - CB/Simpson Street
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Subclass Vetigastropoda
Order Seguenziida
FAM Chilodontaidae
Euchelus atratus
Port Hedland WA - Cemetery Beach
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Order Decapoda
FAM Diogenidae
Dardanus megistos
(Herbst, 1804)
Port Hedland WA - Town Beach Marina
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Neogastropoda
FAM Muricidae
Chicoreus cornucevi
Port Hedland WA - Thompson Street
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Subclass Caenogastropoda
Order Littorinimorpha
Superfamily Velutinoidea
FAM Triviidae
Trivirostra oryza
(Lamarck, 1810)
Port Hedland WA - Thompson Street
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Neogastropoda
FAM Volutidae
Melo amphora
(Lightfoot, 1786)
Nikki found this one.
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.