Shells of South
East Queensland

Tweed Heads to Noosa

Cassidae

Phalium areola

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Specimens

Phalium areola

Phalium areola

Phalium areola

Double Island Point, Australia
Size: 0mm Collected: 1999
found dead in sand on beach after heavy seas

Phalium areola

Phalium areola

Phalium areola

Hutchinsons Shoal, Australia
Size: 0mm Collected: 2000
found dead in sand on coral reef

Phalium areola

Phalium areola

Phalium areola

Hummock Hill Island, Australia
Size: 64.2mm Collected: Unknown
on sand at low tide

Phalium areola

Phalium areola

Phalium areola

Shelly Beach Townsville, Australia
Size: 76.5mm Collected: Unknown
in sand on outer sand bar at extreme low tide taken at night

Phalium areola

Phalium areola

Phalium areola

Cape Keraudren, Australia
Size: 51mm Collected: 1989
On sand at night at extreme low tide. Always smaller and paler than teh QLD form

Phalium areola

Phalium areola

Phalium areola

Rabaul- Old, Papua New Guinea
Size: 50mm Collected: 1979
In sand at low tide.

Phalium areola

Phalium areola

Phalium areola

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Size: mm Collected: 1983
bought at local markets