New Zealand Seashore

DSC_0516 Oyster borer, or kaikai tio (Haustrum albomarginatum) group with heavily eroded shells. Typically these small light coloured shells are marked with black lines on the whorls. Found on high intertidal, among barnacles. A traditional food of Maori. Kakanui *

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DSC_0516 Oyster borer, or kaikai tio (Haustrum albomarginatum) group with heavily eroded shells. Typically these small light coloured shells are marked with black lines on the whorls. Found on high intertidal, among barnacles. A traditional food of Maori. Kakanui *

DSC 0516 Oyster borer Haustrum albomarginatum kaikai tio intertidal barnacles Kakanui