New Zealand Seashore

DSC_7816 Morning star shell (Tawera spissa) beach drift shells. An attractive species, with a variable, light red brown array of lines, and zigzags of colour. Shallowly buried in fine to coarse sand, on open beaches and along tidal channels. Pakiri Beach, Northland

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DSC_7816 Morning star shell (Tawera spissa) beach drift shells. An attractive species, with a variable, light red brown array of lines, and zigzags of colour. Shallowly buried in fine to coarse sand, on open beaches and along tidal channels. Pakiri Beach, Northland

DSC 7816 Morning star shells Tawera spissa beach drift Pakiri Beach Northland