New Zealand Seashore

DSC_3408 Large wedge clam, or hanikura (Macomona liliana) two shells showing left and right valves on sand and the characteristic pointed posterior end, with a distinctive 'kink' towards the right, through which the siphons are extended. The tips of the siphons leave characteristic ' bird footprint' feeding tracks on the sand surface above the burrow. Snell's Beach, Warkworth

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DSC_3408 Large wedge clam, or hanikura (Macomona liliana) two shells showing left and right valves on sand and the characteristic pointed posterior end, with a distinctive 'kink' towards the right, through which the siphons are extended. The tips of the siphons leave characteristic ' bird footprint' feeding tracks on the sand surface above the burrow. Snell's Beach, Warkworth

DSC 3408 Large wedge clam hanikura Tellina Macomona liliana two shells left right valves sand Snell's Beach Warkworth