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with a hermit crab living in it

with a hermit crab living in it

https://www.seqshells.com/seqdetails.php?sequuid=D0B04420-7F14-4318-B100-44ECAE92106F

on low tide kelp, 2mm

28 mm

A few juveniles together quite far out.

~6mm long

NOT bioluminescencing - just UV. If I could get both happening in the same photo I bet that would be something. Though not sure about the slime on the rock that's fluorescencing bright magenta.

From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the main beach of the small bay.

1mm grid.

From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the main beach of the small bay.

1mm grid.

From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.

1mm grid

From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.

1mm grid

From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.

1mm grid

From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.

1mm grid

From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.

1mm grid

The bright white patch in the first photo is a reflection from the light.

From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.

1mm grid

This looks the same as https://inaturalist.nz/observations/162592284.

From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.

1mm grid

From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.

1mm grid

The irregular shape makes me think Hiatella but it seems very thin and transparent, even for a juvenile.

From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.

1mm grid

Maybe.

From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.

1mm grid

Another curly one.

From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.

1mm grid

Maybe a small one of these? Washed in with lots of Thalia democratica and Bassia

I think. It's a very pretty little shell.

From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.

1mm grid

5mm grid