Shells of South
East Queensland

Tweed Heads to Noosa

Cypraeidae

Palmadusta asellus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Specimens

Palmadusta asellus

Palmadusta asellus

Palmadusta asellus

Hutchinson's Shoal, Australia
Size: 0mm Collected: 1999
found dead in 10m of water, also found one shell broken, obvoiusly eaten by something

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 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

Uepi Is - Billy's point, Solomon Islands
Size: 0mm Collected: 2002
found dead in 10m of water,

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

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