Venus Comb: Murex Pecten shell
Venus Comb: Murex Pecten shell.
The shell of this mollusc is unique because bristling dozens of fine and pointed needles perfectly arranged.
Its siphonal canal is particularly long. Needles protect the animal from predators but also prevent it from sinking into the sand.
Like other molluscs of the genus Mures, this gastropod feeds on other molluscs.
Size averages of the shell: 13 cm
Large Test of purple green sea urchin: Toxopneustes pileolus
Sphere in Natural Onyx, also known as "Mexican Marble"
Scyphocrinus fossil: Sea lilies - 420 million years.
Shark tooth fossil
Otodus Obliquus dating from the Ypresian: 50 million years ago
Echinus esculentus
Cold Sea Urchin Test (North Sea)
Orange lace sea fan on a base
Orange Whip Coral
Mounted on a turned and patinated wooden base, 19th century style
Blacktip shark jaws - Carcharhinus limbatus
18/20cm
Shark tooth fossil
Otodus Obliquus dating from the Ypresian: 50 million years ago
Ammonite fossil - France
Jurassic period, about 200 to 145 million years ago
Genre: Reineckeia
Crustacean: Common Barnacle - Balanus perforatus
Mounted on a square wooden base
Green turbo (or burgo) from Madagascar - Turbo imperialis
Venus Comb: Murex Pecten shell
