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Kōrero: Shellfish

Rarangi kaupapa

  1. He korero whakarapopoto

  2. The mollusc family

  3. Sea snails

  4. Sea slugs

  5. Bivalve molluscs

  6. Dredge oysters

  7. Chitons, tusk shells and rare classes

  8. Food and other uses

  9. Shell collecting

  10. Hononga, rauemi nō waho

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - The mollusc family

New Zealand shells

New Zealand shells

Octopus

Octopus

Lizzie Limpet

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

Pāua diver

Whelk

Whelk

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Sea slugs

Tambja verconis

Tambja verconis

Sea-slug eggs

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

Pacific oyster

Toheroa

Toheroa

Mussel beard

Mussel beard

Scallop

Scallop

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Dredge oysters

Oyster spat

Oyster spat

Canned oysters

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

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 2 April 2023)

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

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