Business Scoop » Oldest Fossil Flax Snails Found At Mangere
Press Release – Geomarine Research Two fossil specimens of one of New Zealands most iconic invertebrates, the flax snail/pupuharakeke have been discovered in shell sand recently excavated from shafts at Watercares Mngere Wastewater Treatment Plant. The flax snail ( Placostylus … Two fossil specimens of one of New Zealand’s most iconic invertebrates, the flax snail/pupuharakeke have been discovered in shell sand recently excavated from shafts at Watercare’s Māngere Wastewater Treatment Plant. The flax snail ( Placostylus) is one of New Zealand’s two largest land snails with specime...