Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date
9598	Shells on the Sand	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Other, shells	Spiker, LaRue		1960 c.	Shells on the Sand Item: 9598    Object ID: 998.1980.3085.1946 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Other, shells Creator: Spiker, LaRue Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Date: 1960 c. Place: MDI, Maine Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of nine shells arranged in the sun on the sand. Three larger shells near to bottom of photo. Paper attatched to back, “ Each species of snail produces a shell distinctive in size shape color, and texture; but the basic method of manufacturing the shell is similar in all species. Common names for species vary. Most people recognize the big shell at the top as a Tulip Shell. Second row from the top, left to right; Old Maid’s Curl, Cone, Chestnut Turban, and Left-Handed Whelk; small one in center is a Dislocated Auger; bottom row, left to right: Lace Murex, Shark’s Eye, and Paper Fig. [show more]

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