New Zealand Seashore

DSC_4933 Mud snail, or titiko (Amphibola crenata) these snails are found in their thousands on tidal mudflats throughout New Zealand. Though living in a marine environment, they are actually pulmonates (air breathing) and posses a pallial lung rather than gills. They live for 12 years or more, and were eaten in large quantities by early Maori. Aramoana *

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DSC_4933 Mud snail, or titiko (Amphibola crenata) these snails are found in their thousands on tidal mudflats throughout New Zealand. Though living in a marine environment, they are actually pulmonates (air breathing) and posses a pallial lung rather than gills. They live for 12 years or more, and were eaten in large quantities by early Maori. Aramoana *

mudflat snail mud titiko DSC 4933 pulmonate pallial lung Amphibola crenata Aramoana