Tenguella marginalba (Blainville 1832)

This predatory mollusc climbs on top of barnacles and other invertebrates and slowly drills a hole in their shell. It then inserts a feeding tube and eats it's prey fresh from the shell "au naturale"

Shelly Beach, Cronulla

PRESERVED_SPECIMEN; Purpura marginalba de Blainville, 1832; Type status: SYNTYPE; Identified by:N/A; Individual count:8; Event date: N/A

PRESERVED_SPECIMEN; Purpura marginalba de Blainville, 1832; Type status: SYNTYPE; Identified by:N/A; Individual count:8; Event date: N/A

PRESERVED_SPECIMEN; Purpura marginalba de Blainville, 1832; Type status: SYNTYPE; Identified by:N/A; Individual count:8; Event date: N/A

Summary[edit] Description: English: Live mulberry whelk (Tenguella marginalba) gripping a blue periwinkle (Austrolittorina unifasciata) near Collaroy, NSW, Australia. The animals have been disturbed and the whelk's body is extended from its shell in the process of righting itself. Date: 23 May 2020, 13:09:49. Source: Own work. Author: Pelagic. Camera location33° 44′ 04.42″ S, 151° 18′ 19.73″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-33.734561; 151.305481.

Summary[edit] Description: English: Mulberry whelk (Tenguella marginalba) atop a blue periwinkle (Austrolittorina unifasciata) in situ as found. Near Collaroy, NSW, Australia. Whelks are predatory, so it is likely this one is feeding on the smaller periwinkle. Date: 23 May 2020, 13:07:06. Source: Own work. Author: Pelagic. Camera location33° 44′ 04.18″ S, 151° 18′ 19.68″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-33.734494; 151.305467.

Summary[edit] Description: Morula marginalba (Blainville, 1832), Murramarang National Park, NSW, 3 May 2018. Date: 3 May 2018, 13:53. Source: Morula marginalba. Author: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark. Camera location35° 36′ 39.83″ S, 150° 19′ 36.97″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-35.611064; 150.326936.