Beachcombers Field Guide - Department Of Fisheries Western ...
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Pipi<br />
Mollusca – Bivalvia<br />
Pipis or surf clams are small,<br />
wedge-shaped and sometimes colourful<br />
bivalves that live just below the sand<br />
surface in the surf zone of beaches. As the<br />
tide goes out, you may see them moving<br />
down the beach and burrowing back into<br />
the sand after being dislodged by waves.<br />
Did you know?<br />
Sometimes you will fi nd a pipi<br />
shell on the beach with a neatly<br />
drilled hole. This drill hole was<br />
made by the rasping tongue or<br />
radula of a predatory sea snail as<br />
it fed on the pipi’s body.
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