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This book summarizes in a clear an practical manner the range of knowledge contained in "Shelles of Polynesia" which is published by the same firm. It offers, to lovres nature, as well as to enthusiasmic collectors, a panorama of conchology fauna found in Tahiti and The Archipelagoes of French polynesia. This book will help to easily idntify the various species, situate their environment, and understand the mysteries of their way of life.
SHELLS OF TAHITI
Bernard Salvat and Claude Rives
Editor: Les Editions du Pacifique
ISBN: 2-85700-182-7
13 cm x 18 cm (160 pages)
First printing: october 1984
The strength of a shell to withstand the oceans tides and currents, so fragile yet so complex.Not well today, so I played with some of my shells that the ocean has provided me .
Though not apparent from this photo, the beach is made entirely from millions of cochina shells. The beach is on the way to Monkey Mia, and the whole area is covered in shells to a depth of up to 3 metres. It was amazing to see.
Visited in April 1992. (also in July 1993)
This is scanned from the original slide.
Billions of tiny white 'coquina bivalve' sea shells form Shell Beach. The coquina bivalve shellfish has no predator in this locality. The shell fish have existed in huge numbers for thousands of years, then died natural deaths then been washed ashore. Shell Beach is covered for a 60km-long stretch to a depth of some seven to ten metres. Shell Beach is one of only two shell beaches like it in the world.
Taken at the Evolution Store, Science & Art in Soho, New York.
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I wanted to work on andamento with this piece. I love the work of Iliya Iliev and he has a wonderful shell mosaic that I used as inspiration for this piece. I collected the shells in Florida while vacationing and wanted the flawed time-worn fragments.
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.
Imprinted teal shells, hand cut and shaped.
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4x4 inch gallery wrapped canvas. The shells & starfish add a nice 3D element. Chain hanger with beads.