New Zealand Seashore

DSC_7067 Oyster borer, or kaikai tio (Haustrum scobina) one encrusted snail amongst plicate barnacles. Typically this snail has a mall light coloured shell with black lines on the whorls. Found on high intertidal, often among barnacles. A traditional food of Maori. Pakiri Beach, Northland *

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DSC_7067 Oyster borer, or kaikai tio (Haustrum scobina) one encrusted snail amongst plicate barnacles. Typically this snail has a mall light coloured shell with black lines on the whorls. Found on high intertidal, often among barnacles. A traditional food of Maori. Pakiri Beach, Northland *

DSC 7067 Oyster borer Haustrum scobina kaikai tio intertidal plicate barnacles Pakiri Beach Northland