New Zealand Seashore

DSC_4172 Purple cockle, or purimu (Purpurocardia purpurata) end view of heart-shaped hinged valves in beach drift. This common cockle prefers moderate water movement, and lives buried at the surface of muddy sand or shell debris on moderately sheltered to semi-exposed coasts. Karikari Bay, Karikari Peninsula *

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DSC_4172 Purple cockle, or purimu (Purpurocardia purpurata) end view of heart-shaped hinged valves in beach drift. This common cockle prefers moderate water movement, and lives buried at the surface of muddy sand or shell debris on moderately sheltered to semi-exposed coasts. Karikari Bay, Karikari Peninsula *

DSC 4167 Purple cockle purimu Purpurocardia purpurata end view hinged shells shell valves beach drift Karikari Bay Karikari Peninsula