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What the heck? It's a little pliable, I was able to press it gently with my trekking pole, but didn't touch. Maybe 10 cm long

Manukau Harbour seashore at the eastern end of Sandy Bay (Gittos Domain), Blockhouse Bay, Auckland.

On the underside of a high-intertidal rock.

with a hermit crab living in it

with a hermit crab living in it

https://www.seqshells.com/seqdetails.php?sequuid=D0B04420-7F14-4318-B100-44ECAE92106F

on low tide kelp, 2mm

28 mm

A few juveniles together quite far out.

~6mm long

NOT bioluminescencing - just UV. If I could get both happening in the same photo I bet that would be something. Though not sure about the slime on the rock that's fluorescencing bright magenta.

From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the main beach of the small bay.

1mm grid.

From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the main beach of the small bay.

1mm grid.

From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.

1mm grid

From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.

1mm grid

From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.

1mm grid

From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.

1mm grid

From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.

1mm grid

The bright white patch in the first photo is a reflection from the light.

From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.

1mm grid

This looks the same as https://inaturalist.nz/observations/162592284.

From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.

1mm grid

From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.

1mm grid

The irregular shape makes me think Hiatella but it seems very thin and transparent, even for a juvenile.

From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.

1mm grid

Maybe.

From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.

1mm grid

Another curly one.

From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.

1mm grid

Maybe a small one of these? Washed in with lots of Thalia democratica and Bassia

I think. It's a very pretty little shell.

From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.

1mm grid