DSC_3458 White slipper limpet, or ngakihi (Maoricrypta sodalis) underside and top side. Shell may be flat, or even concave because it lives within the aperture of gastropod shells such as Struthiolaria and matches the shell to which it attaches. Occurs intertidally down to over 900m. Horseshoe Bay, Stewart island
11006-48201 NZ Bean cowrie, or awatai (Trivia merces) dorsal surface 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
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
