Shay's kauri snail

As part of our inquiry into Kiwiana culture, we have been bringing objects from home to share.
Today Shay brought a kauri snail shell to show. It is special to him because Avia (Shay's grandmother) found it on a river bank in the Waitakere Ranges, near Auckland, a few years ago. 

Kauri snails (pūpūrangi) are a protected native species that can grow shells up to 8cm across. They eat earthworms and other insects (and sometimes other snails!). They like damp forests in the north of North Island and can live to be 20 years old.

Thank you Shay for sharing your taonga with us!