New Zealand Seashore

DSC_4660 Black brachiopod, or papa pouri (Notosaria nigricans) dead shells washed ashore after storm. This particular species has survived, unchanged, on reefs around New Zealand for approx 18.7 million years (since the Miocene). All Day Bay, Kakanui

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DSC_4660 Black brachiopod, or papa pouri (Notosaria nigricans) dead shells washed ashore after storm. This particular species has survived, unchanged, on reefs around New Zealand for approx 18.7 million years (since the Miocene). All Day Bay, Kakanui

DSC 4660 Ribbed black brachiopod papa pouri Notosaria nigricans beach drift empty shells Miocene All Day Bay Kakanui