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
Slate pencil urchin on base - Heterocentrotus mamillatus
Origin: Indo-Pacific
There are always broken or missing picks
Orange lace sea fan on a base
Orange Whip Coral
Mounted on a wooden black base
XL: Total height: 85cm - Wingspan: 70cm
Sorrah shark jaws - Carcharhinus sorrah
18/20cm
Shark tooth fossil
Otodus Obliquus dating from the Ypresian: 50 million years ago
Echinus esculentus
Cold Sea Urchin Test (North Sea)
Sea Urchin Colobocentrotus atratus
Helmet urchin from Indian Ocean
3/4cm
Orange lace sea fan on a base
Orange Whip Coral
Mounted on a turned and patinated wooden base, 19th century style
Shark tooth fossil
Otodus Obliquus dating from the Ypresian: 50 million years ago
Common Barnacle shell on Napoleon III base
Perforatus perforatus
Rostrum of swordfish XL size
Xiphias gladius
Green turbo (or burgo) from Madagascar - Turbo imperialis
Test of sea urchin pencil phyllacanthus imperialis
Venus Comb: Murex Pecten shell
