Shells of South
East Queensland

Tweed Heads to Noosa

Cypraeidae

Palmadusta asellus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Specimens

Palmadusta asellus

Palmadusta asellus

Palmadusta asellus

Hutchinsontropod, Australia
Size: mm Collected: 1999
found dead in 10m of water, also found one shell broken, obvoiusly eaten by something

Palmadusta asellus forma latefasciata

Palmadusta asellus forma latefasciata

Palmadusta asellus forma latefasciata

Keppel Island, Australia
Size: 23mm Collected: Unknown
Under rocks on exposed reef. Low tide.

Palmadusta asellus

Palmadusta asellus

Palmadusta asellus

Lamont Reef, Australia
Size: 16mm Collected: 2019
Under rocks on weather edge of reef. At low tide.

Palmadusta asellus

Palmadusta asellus

Palmadusta asellus

Uepi Point, Solomon Islands
Size: 15mm Collected: 2018
Dead in sand on reef slope at about 10m

Palmadusta asellus

Palmadusta asellus

Palmadusta asellus

Uepi Is - Billy's point, Solomon Islands
Size: mm Collected: 2002
found dead in 10m of water,

Palmadusta asellus

Palmadusta asellus

Palmadusta asellus

The Hole, Papua New Guinea
Size: mm Collected: 1984
on coral reef in coral crevise

Palmadusta asellus

Palmadusta asellus

Palmadusta asellus

The Gneerings, off Mooloolabah, Australia
Size: mm Collected:
Collected by diver. Courtesy S Grail.