New Zealand Seashore

DSC_9085 Elegant venus (Irus elegans) found in the abandoned burrows of piddocks in mudstone and sandstone reefs. As it doesn't construct these burrows itself the valves may become distorted as the animal grows within an imperfectly confined space. Aquarium Point, Otago Harbour

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DSC_9085 Elegant venus (Irus elegans) found in the abandoned burrows of piddocks in mudstone and sandstone reefs. As it doesn't construct these burrows itself the valves may become distorted as the animal grows within an imperfectly confined space. Aquarium Point, Otago Harbour

DSC 9085 Elegant venus Irus elegans mudstone sandstone Aquarium Point Otago Harbour