New Zealand Seashore

DSC_2628 Purple sunset clam, or kuwharu (Gari stangeri) beach drift shells and live animal. Shell is stronger and wider than pink sunset clams (Gari convexa, G.lineolata). Found from low intertidal to 140m, buried 10-20 cm in sand on protected and semi-protected shores. The Spit, Aramoana

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