New Zealand Seashore

DSC_11246 Green chiton, or papatua (Chiton glaucus) "butterfly shells" named after their shape, are all that remain of a chiton after it dies and the eight-part shell comes apart. These plates sometimes wash up in beach drift. Aquarium Point, Otago Harbour *

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DSC_11246 Green chiton, or papatua (Chiton glaucus) "butterfly shells" named after their shape, are all that remain of a chiton after it dies and the eight-part shell comes apart. These plates sometimes wash up in beach drift. Aquarium Point, Otago Harbour *

DSC 11246 Green chiton papatua chiton glaucus butterfly shells dies plates beach drift Aquarium Point Otago Harbour