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Seychelles [c] (/ s eɪ ˈ ʃ ɛ l (z)/ ⓘ, / ˈ s eɪ ʃ ɛ l (z)/; [9] [10] French: [11] [12] [13] or [14]), officially the Republic of Seychelles (French: République des Seychelles; Seychellois Creole: Repiblik Sesel), [15] is an island country and archipelagic state consisting of 155 islands (as per the Constitution) in the Indian Ocean.
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.
Borders: None: Highest point: Morne Seychellois 905 metres (2,969 ft) Lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m: Exclusive economic zone: 1,336,559 km 2 (516,048 sq mi)
These are seashells, the shells of various marine mollusks including both gastropod and bivalves. Each one was chosen to represent a maritime state, based on the fact that the species occurs in that state and was considered suitable to represent the state, either because of the species' commercial importance as a local seafood item, or because ...
This inner layer may also be produced laterally in the form of notched insertion plates. These function as an attachment of the valve plates to the soft body. A similar series of insertion plates may be attached to the convex anterior border of the cephalic plate or the convex posterior border of the anal plate. [12]
Seashell surface with parametrization on left Wheel-like Star Shell Astralium calcar, Diameter 3,5 cm; Originating from the Philippines. In mathematics, a seashell surface is a surface made by a circle which spirals up the z-axis while decreasing its own radius and distance from the z-axis.
Immediately north of the U.S.-Mexican border wall that descends into the sea, San Diego County health officials have effectively closed the beach for more than three years straight.
Abapertural view of the shell of Neptunea lyrata. Neptunea lyrata, also known by the common names New England Neptune, wrinkled whelk, ribbed Neptune, inflated whelk, lyre whelk or lyre Neptune, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, and is the state shell of Massachusetts.
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