11011-85222 Cockle, or tuangi (Austrovenus stutchburyi) habitat at low tide. Cockles are found in the intertidal area, burrowing in sand and mud from mid to low tide on protected shores. Often found in brackish estuaries illustrating a tolerance to low salinity and silt loading. Papanui Inlet, Otago Peninsula
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_8542 Frilled venus clam (Bassina yatei) detail, perfect shell upper right, and a typically warn and damaged beach drift shell lower left. In the living animal, 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 *
