Shells of South
East Queensland

Tweed Heads to Noosa
Cassidae

Casmaria ponderosa

(Link, 1807)
Shell: moderately small to medium, ranging from 30-45 mm.


Specimens

Hutchinson,  Australia
Size: mm    Collected: 2007
found dead in sand in 15m of water near coral reef and large sand areas

Mooloolaba,  Australia
Size: 45.6mm    Collected: 2002
On sand, mud and rubble trawled from 80-120 metres depth.

Fredericks Reef,  Australia
Size: 30mm    Collected: 2008
Collected on scuba at 25m.

East Diamond Island,  Australia
Size: 38mm    Collected: 2011
No data.

Keppel Bay,  Australia
Size: 34.2mm    Collected: 2002
On sand. 1-2 m at low tide at night

Hervey Bay,  Australia
Size: 30mm    Collected: Unknown
No data

Cape Cuvier,  Australia
Size: 43.7mm    Collected: Unknown
On sand at night among buoys of saltworks 5-10m depth taken by diver sparse banding

Joes Wall,  Solomon Islands
Size: mm    Collected: 2016
found dead in sand in 15m of water near coral reef wall

Uepi Is - Inside Point,  Solomon Islands
Size: mm    Collected: 2000
found dead in sand in 15m of water near coral reef and large sand areas

Oahu,  United States of America
Size: 31mm    Collected: Unknown
in coral rubble 30 metres depth collected 1994 usually smaller from this locality

Vanuatu,  Vanuatu
Size: 29.55mm    Collected: Unknown
No data.