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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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Ngakihi, limpet

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.