DSC_3106 Small dog cockle (Glycymeris modesta) habitat. Subtidal, at the surface of sand or shell substrate off open coasts. Mount Maunganui
DSC_4348 Large dog cockle, or kua kua (Tucetona laticostata) large, thick and heavy drift shells on beach. Subtidal, where it occurs in large dense beds together with the Purple cockle (Purpurocardia purpurata) in coastal situations. Karikari Bay, Karikari Peninsula
DSC_8862 Large dog cockle, or kua kua (Tucetona laticostata) large, thick and heavy drift shells on beach. Subtidal, where it occurs in large dense beds together with the Purple cockle (Purpurocardia purpurata) in coastal situations. Karikari Bay, Karikari Peninsula *
