Deatils of South East Queensland Shells

Shell: medium, solid, elliptical to sub cylidrical, ranging from 65-84mm. Spire whorls visible. 31 to 37 columellar teeth; 31 to 34 labral teeth. Sculpture: smooth, porcelaneous. Exterior colour fawn with three darker transverse bands; covered in numerous tan rings of varying size; base fawn with 2 dark blotches on each side of the aperture; teeth outlined in orange brown.

Specimens

Mudjimba Island, Australia
Size: mm Collected: 2017
forma contrastriata Collected by diver Courtesy S Grail.

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Size: 62.63mm Collected: 1974
Collected from coral heads on extensive reef at low tide.
Unusual locality

Deku dekuru, Solomon Islands
Size: 84mm Collected: 2002
found dead in sand on coral reef wall. 1 shell in good condition, the other shell quite encrusted

Joe, Solomon Islands
Size: mm Collected: 2000
found dead in sand on reef in 5m. fragment only

General Store, Solomon Islands
Size: mm Collected: 2000
found dead in sand on reef in5m. near coral wall, old worn shell, but identifiable

Uepi North Log, Solomon Islands
Size: 74.93mm Collected: 2000
found dead in sand ledge under overhang at 15m of reef wall shell is in very good condition

Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
Size: 82.31mm Collected: Unknown
Collected by diver.

Rusukar Besar, Malaysia
Size: 74.53mm Collected: Unknown
Collected from Under coral slabs on outer reef wall at 2-3 m by scuba diver.

Bohol, Philippines
Size: 65.79mm Collected: 1983
No data.

forma: contrastriata (Perry, 1811)
The form contrastriata is the Indian Ocean form
Somalia East Coast, Somalia
Size: 73.88mm Collected: Unknown
No data.