New Zealand Seashore

DSC_3563 Battleaxe clam, or pakira (Myadora striata) showing exterior of the flat left valve, and exterior of the convex right valve, with the distinctive truncate posterior end above (partially buried in sand). The shells are roughly triangular, with a rounded anterior end, and the distinctive truncate posterior end. Found from the low intertidal to at least 30m. Horseshoe Bay, Stewart Island

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DSC_3563 Battleaxe clam, or pakira (Myadora striata) showing exterior of the flat left valve, and exterior of the convex right valve, with the distinctive truncate posterior end above (partially buried in sand). The shells are roughly triangular, with a rounded anterior end, and the distinctive truncate posterior end. Found from the low intertidal to at least 30m. Horseshoe Bay, Stewart Island

DSC 3563 Battleaxe clam pakira Myadora striata exterior flat left valve convex right valve truncate posterior end sand shells Horseshoe Bay Stewart Island