A Leaf from the Natural History of New Zealand
Shells
Shells.
Anga, cockle shell
Angarite, a shell fish. Syn. with Kokota
Eneni, largest New Zealand trochus
Hahari, a shell fish
Hauru, a shell fish
Hinangi, cockle. Syn. with Pipi
Huai, a shell fish
Huamutu, a shell fish
Hunangi, bivalve
Hururoa, a shell fish
Huwai, white cockle
Kaeo, a shell fish
Kahitua, a shell fish
Kaikaikaroro, triangular shaped bivalve
Kainga, small bivalve; the Wanganui Pipi
Kakahi, a shell fish. Syn. with Karo
Kakara, a shell fish
Karahue, a shell fish
Karangaungau, a shell fish
Karikawa, a sea shell
Karo, fresh water muscle. (Unio)
Karoro, a shell fish
Kawari, a shell fish
Kina, sea egg. (Echinus)
Kiwi, nanina
Kokota, a shell fish. (Pinna)
Kokota, a cockle
Kokuta, large flat white shell fish; bivalve
Koramu, helix; sea shell
Kororiwa, a shell fish
Kota, cockle shell
Kotawatawa, a shell fish
Koura, sea cray fish. (Palinurus)
Kuakua, pecten
Kuku, large sea muscle, sometimes 10 in. long.
Kukuku, a shell fish
Kukupara, small sea muscle
Kupa, pinna
Kutai, muscle
Kuwaru, a shell fish
Maikukukarewarewa, a shell fish
Makoi, cockle shell
Makui, cockle shell
Mangopare, a shell fish
Mitimiti, small trochus
Mokamoka, small snail shell
Ngaingai, a shell fish
Ngakahi, limpet
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Ngaongao, a shell fish
Ngarahutaua, a shell fish
Ngaruru, large trochus
Ngengeti, a shell fish
Ngoronga, a shell fish
Onareroa, Pollia lincolata fusus; the throat is grooved
Papa, mutton fish. (Haliotis)
Patara, a shell fish
Patiotio, a shell fish
Pawa, mutton fish. (Haliotis)
Peraro, a shell fish
Pipi, venus intermedia
Pipi, cockle; mesodesma chemnitzii. Syn. with Popoti
Piwara, pecten. Syn. with Kuakua
Popoti, cockle
Porohe, large muscle
Poue, a shell fish
Pupuwaharoa, bulla
Pungorungoru, general name for spunges
Pupu, helix
Pupukarikawa, a fresh water shell
Pupurangi, a shell fish
Purewa, fresh water muscle
Purewa, small muscle
Rehoreho, a shell fish
Takai, struthio laria vermis
Tanitani, flat ribbed bivalve
Tarawera, a shell fish
Tawiri, ribbed univalve
Tihi, Taranaki, beautiful trochus
Tio, oyster; at the full and change of the moon for three days they are said to be fatter and finer than at other times. (Patella.)
Tipa, a shell fish
Titiko, a shell fish
Toheroa, a shell fish
Toimanga, large bivalve; Amphidesma
Toretore, muscle. Syn. with Kuku
Toriwai, muscle. Syn. with Karo
Totokea, a shell fish
Totoreka, a shell fish
Totorere. Fam. Struthiolarioe
Tuatua, a shell fish
Tungangi, a shell fish
Turionge, kind of cockle
Ururoa, a shell fish
Uwere, white cockle
Wahawaha, a shell fish. Syn. with Ururoa.