Homalopoma sanguineum

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Homalopoma sanguineum

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Posting of a frequent species that is usually found beached. Quite a cute shell despite being just 6mm in size. Found all around our shores. This was found beached at Pretty Bay in February 2010.
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Very nice shell indeed, one only needs to look at a fresh specimen to understand the 'sanguineum' epithet.
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