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Xenophora (Xenophora) neozelanica neozelanica

Peter Marriott, NIWA, Oceans Survey 20/20 Bay of Islands
Small stones and a barnacle plate from the local substrate are the shell decoration and camouflage of choice for this specimen of Xenophora (Xenophora) neozelanica neozelanica collected from 142 m, in the Bay of Islands.