New Zealand Seashore

DSC_4123 Large horn snail, or koeti (Zeacumantus lutulentus) a tall brownish, or greyish-spired shell, with curved growth lines corresponding to old apertures. It has a circular, horny operculum. Found in protected localities on mudflats of harbours and estuaries, and in tide pools on coralline algae and Hormosira. Te Pua Point, Parengarenga Harbour *

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DSC_4123 Large horn snail, or koeti (Zeacumantus lutulentus) a tall brownish, or greyish-spired shell, with curved growth lines corresponding to old apertures. It has a circular, horny operculum. Found in protected localities on mudflats of harbours and estuaries, and in tide pools on coralline algae and Hormosira. Te Pua Point, Parengarenga Harbour *

DSC 4123 Large horn snail mud shell koeti Zeacumantus lutulentus shells Te Pua Point Parengarenga Harbour