Story: Shellfish - Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
New Zealand has over 3,660 species of shellfish (molluscs) – from microscopic sea snails to giant mussels. Many are not found anywhere else in the world. The common sea snail has tentacles …
New Zealand's edible shellfish - The Fishing Website
All shellfish are edible in NZ waters, and our stocks are far more diverse than most people realize. Only in recent years have surf clams been harvested. The Cook’s turban, widespread and …
Shellfish - Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
New Zealand’s most common species, the snakeskin chiton (Sypharochiton pelliserpentis), grows to 4 centimetres and is found on all rocky shores. Less commonly seen because it favours …
Pāua - Wikipedia
Pāua is the Māori name given to four New Zealand species of large edible sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs which belong to the family Haliotidae (in which there is only one genus, …
NZ Mollusca
The following species have recently been added to our NZ fauna. Haliotidae. Haliotis pirimoana Walton, Marshall, Rawlence & Spencer, 2024; Cyrenidae. Corbicula australis (Deshayes, …
Shells A-Z - New Zealand Shells
Shell blueish black also known as the Black Mussel. Found on the sandy shore. Up to 6cm (occasionally 8 cm long). Buried in salt or sand just below mid-tide where fresh water meets …
Paphies australis - Wikipedia
Paphies australis or pipi (from the Māori language) is a bivalve mollusc of the family Mesodesmatidae, endemic to New Zealand. [1] The pipi is a shellfish with a solid white, …
New Zealand Shells: Marine, Land, and Freshwater
This site showcases my collection of New Zealand marine land and freshwater shells, of greater than ~10mm size. These are mainly Mollusc shells, but Brachiopods, Barnacles, Urchins, and …
A guide to: shellfish » Dish Magazine
2018年1月16日 · We have a bounty of shellfish in New Zealand, Sarah La Touche looks at what’s on offer… Summer is a time for seafood – fresh fish pulled from the depths; cockles, pipi, and …
Shellfish biotoxin alerts | NZ Government - Ministry for Primary …
We test shellfish and seawater for toxic algae every week from popular shellfish gathering areas around New Zealand. If the shellfish are not safe to eat, we issue public health warnings and …