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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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WHEEL SHELL

(Zethalia zelandica).

A small, flattened, solidly-built shell with a radiate pattern of dark reddish-brown. This fish lives at and below low tide on ocean beaches and often occurs in swarming masses. It is particularly abundant on the beaches south of Whangarei Heads.

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

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