a tip receptacle with a bottom wall, lateral sidewalls, a front sidewall and a back sidewall, where the tip receptacle defines a well for storing the array of pipette tips;

a tip deck spanning over the well, supported by the sidewalls of the receptacle, and holding the array of pipette tips substantially vertically with collars of the respective pipette tips facing upward to facilitate mounting of the pipette tips onto pipette fittings;

a lid with a top wall, lateral sidewalls, a front sidewall and a back sidewall;

at least one hinge connecting the back sidewall of the lid to the back sidewall of the tip receptacle such that the clamshell tip container is opened by rotating the lid away from the tip receptacle along the hinge; and

a first overhanging wing extending outward from at least a portion of a lower rim a of one of the lateral sidewalls of the lid, where the first overhanging wing extends outward farther than a corresponding portion of an upper rim of the lateral sidewall on the same side of the tip receptacle as the first overhanging wing;

wherein the tip receptacle, the lid and the at least one hinge are made of thermoformed plastic material.