A beached clam (Dosinia anus), a common clam in NZ, left on coarse sand at Otaki beach

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A common sight on NZ's beaches, especially North Island surf beaches, this clam is intact but will be dead. It should be buried metres in the sand, but it's been tossed up by big waves. The receding tide has flowed around it.

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Size: 4382px × 2437px
Location: Otaki beach, NZ
Photo credit: © Carol Thomas / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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