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This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.

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CURLY or WENTLE-TRAP

(Cirsotrema zelebori).

A pure white shell up to 1 in. in height, beautifully ornamented in ladderlike patterns. The empty shell is often washed ashore in great numbers on our ocean beaches.

by Arthur William Baden Powell, Assistant Director, Auckland Institute and Museum.

Co-creator

Arthur William Baden Powell, Assistant Director, Auckland Institute and Museum.