New Zealand Seashore

DSC_4538 Mud snail, or titiko (Amphibola crenata) habitat. These snails are found in their thousands on tidal mudflats throughout New Zealand. Though living in a marine environment, they are actually pulmonates (air breathing) and posses a pallial lung rather than gills. They live for 12 years or more, and were eaten in large quantities by early Maori. Aramoana *

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DSC_4538 Mud snail, or titiko (Amphibola crenata) habitat. These snails are found in their thousands on tidal mudflats throughout New Zealand. Though living in a marine environment, they are actually pulmonates (air breathing) and posses a pallial lung rather than gills. They live for 12 years or more, and were eaten in large quantities by early Maori. Aramoana *

DSC 4538 Amphibola crenata mudflat snail mud titiko habitat Aramoana