New Zealand Seashore

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 *

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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 7768 Large ostrich foot totorere Struthiolaria papulosa eroded shell ring intertidal Pakiri Beach Northland