Waltonia inconspicua   Brachiopod, Small Red
Brachiopod, Lamp-Shell (Waltonia inconspicua)
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Category: Invertebrate
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Inarticulata
Family: Terebratellidae

Other Names:
Papa Kura Iti (Waltonia inconspicua)

Notes
Can sometimes be found intertidally beneath rocks. In Otago Harbour W. inconspicua was found to live up to eight years and occasionally survive for as long as 15 years. The shell is orange to red and smooth with putative growth lines on the surface of the shell.



University of Otago 2013
Last Update: 24 April 2013