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Pacific Eelgrass Limpet (Lottia alveus paralella) (533Wx800H) - Mayne Island near lighthouse, 15' depth, 2cm long. Feeding off the Eelgrass.

Pacific Eelgrass Limpet (Lottia alveus paralella)

Verigated Amphissa (Amphissa versicolor) (640Wx427H) - Pender Island - Roesland, inter-tidal.

Verigated Amphissa (Amphissa versicolor)

Eggs - White Bubble Shell (Haminoea vesicula) unconfirmed (650Wx522H) - Pender Island - Brickly Bay, 2cm, 10'. From reference description these may be the eggs of the White Bubble Shell. The shells were in abundance in the area. Seems to be late in the year for eggs though.

Eggs - White Bubble Shell (Haminoea vesicula) unconfirmed

White Bubble Shell (Haminoea vesicula) (489Wx650H) - Pender Island - Brickly Bay, 1.5cm, 10'. First time seeing these on Eelgrass and sandy bottom.

White Bubble Shell (Haminoea vesicula)

Pacific Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens) (600Wx550H) - Shingle Bay ocean access - Pender Island. 45' deep, 25cm long. What a treat, only the 3rd octopus I have seen off Pender in 8 years. The Pacific Red has small fleshy flaps under the eyes that differentiate them from the Giant Pacific.

Pacific Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens)

Mudflat Snail (Batillaria cumingi) (480Wx446H) - Cabbage Island, intertidal, 3cm long, amazing as there were 1,000's of this on the mud at low tide

Mudflat Snail (Batillaria cumingi)

Flat Abalone (Haliotis walallensis) (480Wx387H) - Tilly Point Bay - Pender Island, 40', 17cm, Matches the description in my reference, but it also states that it has not been seen for a while?

Flat Abalone (Haliotis walallensis)

Hairy Cockle (Clinocardium ciliatum) (480Wx360H) - Tilly Point - East off cliffs, Pender Island, 30', 8cm. Tis cockle was buried in the mud, and revealed by holes made by the Sunflower Star.

Hairy Cockle (Clinocardium ciliatum)

Channelled Topsnail (Calliostoma canaliculatum) (480Wx432H) - Tilly Point - Pender Island, 40', 2cm

Channelled Topsnail (Calliostoma canaliculatum)

Puppet Margarite (Margarites pupillus) (480Wx449H) - Tilly Point - Pender Island, inter-tidal, 2cm, this is an empty shell now inhabited by a hermit crab.

Puppet Margarite (Margarites pupillus)

Blue Topsnail (Calliostoma ligatum) (480Wx441H) - Tilly Point - Pender Island, inter-tidal, 2cm

Blue Topsnail (Calliostoma ligatum)

Shield Limpet (Lottia pelta) (480Wx435H) - Boundary Pass - Pender Island, inter-tidal, 2-3 cm across

Shield Limpet (Lottia pelta)

Dire Whelk (Lirabuccinum dirum) (480Wx340H) - Boundary Pass - Pender Island, inter-tidal, 4cm

Dire Whelk (Lirabuccinum dirum)

Rock Entodesma (Entodesma navicula) (480Wx287H) - Tilly Pt area - Pender Island, 40', 15cm, also known as tbe

Rock Entodesma (Entodesma navicula)

Thin-shell Litleneck (Protothaca tenerrima) (480Wx460H) - Tilly Point - Pender Island, 35', 7cm, sitting open on gravelly bottom, not 100% on the id though as these clams look very much the same in my reference books

Thin-shell Litleneck (Protothaca tenerrima)

Whitecap Limpet (Acmaea mitra) (480Wx485H) - Tilly Point - Pender Island, 30', 3cm, covered with coralline algae. This limpet was actually riding on a Moon Snail shell inhabited by a Bering Hermit Crab!

Whitecap Limpet (Acmaea mitra)

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