New Zealand Seashore

DSC_3885 Southern tuatua (Paphies donacina) live animals showing an atypical red-tipped siphon, and the more typical siphon coloured animal below. Shell creamy-white, not greyish as in the Northern tuatua (P. subtriangulata). Shallowly buried in clean sand on open beaches. Low intertidal, down to 5-10m. Cloudy Bay, Marlborough *

DSC3885Southern tuatuaPaphiesdonacinatuatualive animalsatypicalred tippedtypicalsiphonsextendedfootCloudy BayMarlborough