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_7808 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_15043 Morning star shell (Tawera spissa) empty beach drift shells drilled through by the predatory necklace snail (Tanea zelandica) shown centre bottom of picture. These small bivalves live shallowly buried in fine to coarse sand, on open beaches and along tidal channels. Pakiri Beach, Northland *
