DSC_1135 Pipi (Paphies australis) live animal in shell with foot extended. Shell roughly symmetrical in outline, with the apex approximately half way along the dorsal margin. The valves are creamy white, but may be stained brown from rust deposits, or black from anaerobic mud. Found from mid-intertidal down to 10-12m. Warrington *
DSC_3174 Pipi (Paphies australis) found from mid-intertidal down to 10-12m. Here an extended family forages for shellfish at low tide on the seashore. Warrington *
DSC_3509 Northern tuatua (Paphies subtriangulata) burrowing into sand. Found at or just below the surface of clean sand on open beaches, usually at, or below low water. Pakiri Beach *
