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Trough shells

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Trough shells

Various species of trough shell are common inhabitants of the sand and gravel sea floors west of the North Island.

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by Melanie Lovell-Smith

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Ashley Rowden, Sea floor – Life on the continental shelf, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/8952/trough-shells (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ashley Rowden, published 2 March 2009.

Comments

Junya Atchison
14 February 2012
i think u guys should add more life on the continental shelf add more pictures to it so it can be understood more