DSC_3174 Pipi (Paphies australis) found from mid-intertidal down to 10-12m. Here an extended family forages for shellfish at low tide on the seashore. Warrington *
DSC_3509 Northern tuatua (Paphies subtriangulata) burrowing into sand. Found at or just below the surface of clean sand on open beaches, usually at, or below low water. Pakiri Beach *
DSC_4674 Northern tuatua (Paphies subtriangulata) detail of siphons extended from the sand. Shell is greyish and shallowly buried in clean sand on open beaches, from low intertidal, down to 5-10m. Pakiri Beach *
