New Zealand Seashore

11006-48202 NZ Bean cowrie, or awatai (Trivia merces) underside of beach worn shell. Known in northern NZ as cowries, the shell of this species does superficially resemble the shell of a very small cowry, but Trivia species are not very closely related to true cowries. Northland

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11006-48202 NZ Bean cowrie, or awatai (Trivia merces) underside of beach worn shell. Known in northern NZ as cowries, the shell of this species does superficially resemble the shell of a very small cowry, but Trivia species are not very closely related to true cowries. Northland

48202 NZ Bean cowrie awatai cowrie Bean cowrie cowry Trivia merces dorsal surface shell Northland