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Olive shells are gastrpods in the family Olividae. All have cylindrical, glossy shells with narrow, elongated apetures.
Letttered olives havea thick shell with a small pointed spire about 1/9th total shell length. Shells that are not faded or beach-worn are covered with overlapping, slightly blurry, brown zigzags that are darkest below the suture and as part of two, broad, spiral bands. Oliva reticularis (the Netted Olive) has no bands and a larger spire of about 1/7th total shell length.
The species' range is from North Carolina to Florida and the Gulf states of North America, including Louisiana and Texas; It also occurs in Mexico, and may also occur in Brazil. The lettered olive typically lives in near-shore waters, on shallow sand flats near inlets. The empty shell is occasionally, or sometimes commonly, washed up onto ocean beaches.[
Lettered Olives are carnivores and actively prey on bivalves and crabs.
The lettered olive is the state shell of South Carolina.
Shell Beach, in Shark Bay, WA.
Fun fact: It is one of only two beaches in the world made entirely from shells!
W showing off her 27 weeks belly!
Shell Eco-marathon Asia - the Urban Concept class. Over several days, teams make as many attempts as possible to travel the furthest on the equivalent of one litre of fuel. Cars drive a fixed number of laps around the circuit at a set speed. Organisers calculate their energy efficiency and name a winner in each class and for each energy source. (photo by Ben Cho)
Citizens Protest Trump's Visit to Shell Ethane Cracker Plant. This "United We Stand" rally brings attention to a range of causes as Trump celebrates Shell's toxic chemical/plastic plant with a visit. NoPetroPA is streaming because we seek to highlight the catastrophic impacts of a pro-petrochemical and pro-plastic policy on our health, our climate, our oceans, and our democracy. Be sure to read up on the community's concerns about the facility here: nopetropa.com/2019/08/13/open-letter-to-president-trump-r...
This shoes whatever is sepping from the sand is killing all the shellfish on the shore and it stinks, your kids could be playing in this oozing from the sand where kids play.? The shells are a foot deep in bits.
A recent family half term holiday in Whitby, birthplace to none other than Count Dracula and host for the annual Goth weekend, would perhaps seem an unlikely inspiration to paint a shell in the sand with some stones!
With all the tradition mixed with fancy dress that goes on in this bustling seaside town at this time of year it's definitely the place to be...although good luck finding a spot in a restaurant!
Anyway, back to the stones! So, having started painting again in September for the first time in 30 years, this holiday my camera and I had a slightly different agenda to normal.
Gone were the endless family point and clicks and in were the walks along the beach, camera facing downwards at stones, rock pools, shells and the like!
The obvious downside to that?...In 10 years time we won't be able to use my holiday snaps to help us remember the fun we had in our Whitby week!
Another shell from my small collection, again whilst waiting for spring to arrive so that I could go out and learn how to use my first digital camera.
The Shell Grotto is an ornate subterranean passageway in Margate, Kent. Almost all the surface area of the walls and roof is covered in mosaics created entirely of seashells, totalling about 2,000 square feet (190 m2) of mosaic, or 4.6 million shells. It was discovered in 1835 but its age remains unknown. The grotto is a Grade I listed building and is open to the public.
Some of my shell collection, arranged roughly by type and size on my rug. Reminds me a bit of Ernst Haeckel for some reason.
one in a photo study of some of the more interesting shells I've found over the years -- from beaches on the outer Cape or Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, or Cape May, New Jersey.
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I shot this from different viewpoints and angles. I'll post more shots from this series later.