DSC_7771 Large ostrich foot, or totorere (Struthiolaria papulosa) a large shell with a prominent spiral row of sharp knobs and wavy vertical brown streaks. Low intertidal down to at least 20m, on sand flats in sheltered to open localities. Pakiri Beach, Northland
DSC_7768 Large ostrich foot, or totorere (Struthiolaria papulosa) The characteristic, heavy thickened lip of this shell - fancifully likened to the foot of an ostrich - is often found as a distinctive 'ring' on beaches, long after the shell has eroded away. Pakiri Beach, Northland *
DSC_8915 Small ostrich foot, or takai (Pelicaria vermis) smaller and with less pronounced knobs than the Large ostrich foot (Struthiolaria papulosa). Takai live in the low intertidal down to about 100m, in mudflats, estuaries and coastal embayments in sheltered to semi-protected localities. Nelson
