Magpie shell of West Indies
Magpie shell of West Indies (Cittarium pica)
An original version of the Burgo, or Burgaud, or Turbo, originating in the Caribbean where it is the subject of a traditional fishing. Its shell is mottled white and black.
Average shell size: 6-7cm.
barracuda in it's glass reliquary box - Sphyraena barracuda
Megalodon tooth fossil - Otodus megalodon
13.6cm
Indonesia
Fossil shark tooth
Shark tooth fossil
Otodus Obliquus dating from the Ypresian: 50 million years ago
Red sea fan on a base
Whip Coral
Mounted on a black-painted wooden base
Large Test of purple green sea urchin: Toxopneustes pileolus
Test of sea urchin pencil phyllacanthus imperialis
Green turbo (or burgo) from Madagascar - Turbo imperialis
Shark tooth fossil
Otodus Obliquus dating from the Ypresian: 50 million years ago
Magpie shell of West Indies
