OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Shell

MEDIAObject

COLLECTIONNepean Historical Society

REG NO.1071

HISTORY

Found Port Phillip Bay. From the Sydney Reed collection

DESCRIPTION

Common mud oyster - Ostrea Aneasi
Family: Ostreidae
Fluted edges - bi-valve - abundant in Port Phillip Bay - was an important food for aborigines

KEYWORDS

Natural history / conchology / shells / Reed, Sydney / Port Phillip Bay / aborigines