Shells of South
East Queensland

Tweed Heads to Noosa
Aplustridae

Hydatina physis

(Linnaeus, 1758)
Shell: moderately small to medium, light, bullate, ranging from 29-51 mm.


Specimens

Red Beach, Queensland,  Australia
Size: mm    Collected: 2023
Collected from sand on sand at 0.1 m by hand [low tide] at low tide.

Peel Island,  Australia
Size: 48mm    Collected: 1973
Nodata.

North Stradbroke Island,  Australia
Size: 38mm    Collected: 1989
On sand.

Myora,  Australia
Size: 40mm    Collected: 1973
On sand.

Dingo Beach,  Australia
Size: 48mm    Collected: 1992
No data.

Bermagui,  Australia
Size: 50mm    Collected: Unknown
No data.

Urangan,  Australia
Size: 48mm    Collected: Unknown
On sand.

Long Reef,  Australia
Size: 40mm    Collected: 1965
No data.

Kurnell,  Australia
Size: 29mm    Collected: 1973
No data.

Minnie Waters, South Headland,  Australia
Size: mm    Collected: 1989
found at 2am feeding on algae

Minnie Waters, Nth Headland,  Australia
Size: mm    Collected: 1989
found at low tide on rocky reef

Robbies Reef,  Australia
Size: 51mm    Collected: Unknown
On sand at night at extreme low tide.