New Zealand Seashore

DSC_8515 Frilled venus clam (Bassina yatei) perfect shell. The valves have thin concentric lamellae that develop into frills around the ends of the shell. These however may be worn down in the surf as empty shells wash ashore. This clam lives just below low tide, shallowly buried in fine sand, on open to moderate shores. Raglan *

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DSC_8515 Frilled venus clam (Bassina yatei) perfect shell. The valves have thin concentric lamellae that develop into frills around the ends of the shell. These however may be worn down in the surf as empty shells wash ashore. This clam lives just below low tide, shallowly buried in fine sand, on open to moderate shores. Raglan *

DSC 8515 Frilled venus clam Bassina yatei perfect shell Raglan