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The shell of Marginellidae is usually small, but varies in different species from minute to medium-sized. The external color of the shell can be white, cream, yellow, orange, red, or brown, and can be uniformly colored, or patterned in various ways.
A seashell or sea shell, also known simply as a shell, is a hard, protective outer layer usually created by an animal or organism that lives in the sea. Most seashells are made by mollusks, such as snails, clams, and oysters to protect their soft insides. [1] Empty seashells are often found washed up on beaches by beachcombers.
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Seashells Malacolog info on Fasciolaria at: [3] Snyder M.A., Vermeij G.J. & Lyons W.G. (2012) The genera and biogeography of Fasciolariinae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Fasciolariidae) .
The snails have a shell 5 to 7 centimeters in diameter. The cone-like shell coils up from a flat base. The spirals are composed of vibrant shades of black, white, and brown.
The dome inside the Shell Grotto. The Shell Grotto is an ornate subterranean passageway shell grotto in Margate, Kent, England.Almost all the surface area of the walls and roof is covered in mosaics created entirely of seashells, totalling about 2,000 square feet (190 m 2) of mosaic, or 4.6 million shells.
Cypraecassis rufa is a species of large sea snail, a predatory marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cassidae.It is commonly known as the "bullmouth shell" or "red helmet shell," and also as the "cameo shell."
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