Spider conch
Sea urchin
Sand dollar
Auger
For 500 million years Mollusks have been perfecting shape and form. Their shells have a wide variety of intricate patterns and colouring.
Shells: The Intricate Details
Nature on the Edge
Wildlife photography along the urban edge
Nature on the Edge 
Wonderful take on the challenge… 🙂
Thanks, Jude.
Beautiful shells – intricate indeed!
Thanks, Eliza.
Beautiful treasure that we definitely don’t see here!
Yes we’re lucky here with our more temperate seas 🙂
Perfect choice for this week’s theme! I’ve been fascinated by sea shells for as long as
They come in such variety! But now with ocean acidification, what happens next, if the shells become ever more friable?
That’s not a thought either of us wants to contemplate… Too frightening
I was recently given a sand dollar shell. I’d never seen one before. It seems so fragile. I loved the way each one has a flower on it.
Aren’t they special! We also get a ‘pansy’ shell here which is flatter. Also a sand dweller. I like their flower patterns, and that connection/ reference to their land cousins.
Great choice!!! And beautiful shells, some of them so unique!