marine snails
Starknaught11, *Louise**, rooruu, 24thcentury, and 139 other people added this photo to their favorites.
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fouramjava 88 months ago | reply
What a nice find! I am so envious of your beachcombing abilities....
Eekers! 88 months ago | reply
I love this! :) another beautiful find...are the insides of the shells ridged?
leander bander 88 months ago | reply
uh bwoy..really nice objects:)
SorbyRock 88 months ago | reply
Humbug Shells?
Looks as if these gastropods have been to a party.
taeya 88 months ago | reply
What beauties! :}
*omnia* 88 months ago | reply
heh heh, yeah these snails look wild :)
i have a pic of them in a rock pool I may upload at some stage, and also I have converted this pic to b&w and think it looks better
I'm not sure if all of them have ridges inside, but some do
here it is in b&w:
1life 2live 88 months ago | reply
oh that's so cool! great shot!
DanCentury 88 months ago | reply
They remind me of the AT&T logo.
All your photos are beautiful!
readerwalker 85 months ago | reply
Interesting how these lines are spirals on the surface of shells whose structures are spirals. So your picture shows a complex collection of multiple spirals (a tag for spirals might be helpful).
*omnia* 85 months ago | reply
yes, these snails are very interesting especially in a bunch
feel free to add tags to any photos you come across that you think may have been overlooked - i often do and it's a reason the tag box is able to be used by other people, thanks for mentioning it :)
Trapac 81 months ago | reply
Funny, I can almost touch and feel these, and here the gently hollow noise they make as I shuffle my fingers through them - beautiful design on each individual makes for a stunning whole....
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Seen in your naturally abstract set. (?)
vaught_celeste 77 months ago | reply
What a sight.
LiLi S. 75 months ago | reply
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H J A 75 months ago | reply
Ohh I LOVE shells would love to have some of those :)
KarmenRose 72 months ago | reply
Did you find them all in a pile like this?
*omnia* 72 months ago | reply
they were pretty much like that, but with other shells and stones in there too - so i took them out
but i went back another time and there were hardly any, so it might have been the tide and weather at that time that meant a lot of them accumulated in one spot
The Bugmaster 71 months ago | reply
Ack! I love the shells!
Anna_Greece [deleted] 71 months ago | reply
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Lake Fred 58 months ago | reply
Very nice! No doubt, this is a real amazing picture!
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KSGirl50 11 months ago | reply
I found similar shells on eBay and they were called "sundial" shells. The ones that were described as black and white also photographed as navy and white. This shape came in other colors. There were also different shapes that were called sundial shells. The name refers to the type of pattern that resembles a sundial. None were as beautiful as these.