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Kōrero: Shellfish

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - The mollusc family

New Zealand shells

New Zealand shells

Octopus

Lizzie Limpet

Shellfish classes

Shellfish classes

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Sea snails

Cat’s eye in shell

Cat’s eye in shell

Sea snail’s radula

Sea snail’s radula

Pāua diver

Whelk

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Sea slugs

Tambja verconis

Tambja verconis

Sea-slug eggs

Jason’s nudibranch

Jason’s nudibranch

Sea hare

Sea hare (1 o 2)

Sea hare eggs

Sea hare eggs (2 o 2)

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Bivalve molluscs

Edible bivalves

Edible bivalves

Pacific oyster

Toheroa

Mussel beard

Scallop

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Dredge oysters

Oyster spat

Canned oysters

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Chitons, tusk shells and rare classes

Snakeskin chiton

Snakeskin chiton

Butterfly chiton

Butterfly chiton

Tusk-shell necklace

Tusk-shell necklace (1 o 2)

Close-up of a tusk shell necklace

Close-up of a tusk shell necklace (2 o 2)

Micropilina rakiura

Micropilina rakiura

Aplacophoran mollusc

Aplacophoran mollusc

Mai i te whārangi 7 - Food and other uses

Shellfish traditionally eaten by Māori

Shellfish traditionally eaten by Māori

Shelling toheroa

Shelling toheroa

Shellfish hook

A shell trumpet

A shell trumpet

Mai i te whārangi 8 - Shell collecting

Circular saw shell

Circular saw shell

Shell decoration

Shell decoration

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Maggy Wassilieff, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/shellfish/media (accessed 4 December 2023)

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006