Clockwise from top left: graceful cowrie (Pupuradusta gracilis); snakehead cowrie (Monetaria caputserpentis); zebra volute (Amoria zebra); black-end cone (Conus aplustre).
Clockwise from top left: Spengler’s trumpet shell (Cabestana spengleri); mulberry whelk (Arakawania marginalba); Ince’s moon snail (Conuber incei); common warrener (Lunella undulata).
Top: reflexed jewel-box (Chama pacifica); bottom: Brazier’s wedge shell (Donax brazierii).
Part of the coastline at Emerald Beach, where these shells were found.
Before I became obsessed with botany and mycology, I was obsessed with #conchology, even as a very small child. So imagine my DELIGHT to have a few hours to look at #shells at beautiful #EmeraldBeach, NSW on our @palnam.bsky.social #roadtrip! IDs in ALT. #Australia #beach #nature #mollusc #mollusk
