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Cassidae
Phalium areola
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Shell: medium, ranging from 50-76 mm.
Specimens
Hutchinson, Australia
Size: mm Collected: 2000
found dead in sand on coral reef
Shelly Beach Townsville, Australia
Size: 76.5mm Collected: Unknown
in sand on outer sand bar at extreme low tide taken at night
Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia
Size: 69.99mm Collected: 1972
Trawled at 37 m. Collected by St Nicholas January 1972
Cape Keraudren, Australia
Size: 51mm Collected: 1989
On sand at night at extreme low tide. Always smaller and paler than teh QLD form
Hummock Hill Island, Australia
Size: 64.2mm Collected: Unknown
on sand at low tide
Double Island Point, Australia
Size: mm Collected: 1999
found dead in sand on beach after heavy seas
Byron Bay, Australia
Size: mm Collected: 1994
found dead washed up on beach juvenile shell
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Size: mm Collected: 1983
bought at local markets
Rabaul- Old, Papua New Guinea
Size: 50mm Collected: 1979
In sand at low tide.