Posts and messages that concern life in the sea, including fish, coral, crustaceans, and aquatic fauna of the Maltese islands. Note that there is another dedicated topic for Molluscs (Snails, clams, etc)
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A common Sea Mollusc in rock crevices
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by MWP admin » Tue Dec 23, 2008 10:27 am
Do not have any text books here, but should be peanuts for some members.
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by MWP admin » Sat Jan 03, 2009 8:33 pm
Possibli hadt ma jaf x'inhu dan il-bebbuxu daqs kemm hu komuni???
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by IL-PINE » Thu Jan 08, 2009 4:35 pm
its the common Osilinus turbinatus (Monodonta turbinata).
Very common. can also be totally black and spots may be orangish in colour
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by MWP admin » Fri Jan 09, 2009 12:38 pm
TNX, yepp, in fact when I came to Malta it was easily found in my books!
