1st Anniversary!!!!

It has been exactly a year since I started this blog!
I shared pictures of my shell and fossil collection, pieces of shellart that I created and photos from my trips to various beaches. Thank you to all of you who have stuck with me through this year.
I just want to share some more photos with you to commemorate this anniversary!

 

Here is a photo of my seashell anchor which I made a few weeks ago. I gave it to my little brother because he really liked it. Hopefully he will start collecting seashells too, soon!

By bits and pieces of the Florida Crown Conch. I have never found a fully complete one- even the two on the bottom which look fairly whole, actually have holes in their sides. Oh well, in less than two months I'm gonna be on Sanibel and I hope that I'll find one!

 

 

The Atlantic Marginella... I found over a hundred of these mini shells (they are less than half an inch long) on our week long trip to Oak Island this summer.

 

And that's it for right now! Hopefully, I will have another post ready soon- either about some more of my shellart or a few shells that I identified recently. Keep tight!

 

Lava of Ocean Dawn :D

March Madness with (a few) mini "M" shells and others

 

Hi guys!

As you can see, I am trying my best to not leave y'all hanging and waiting for my next post.

(By the way, don't y'all think that "y'all" is such a cool word? ;) )

 

 

And without more ado,

I introduce a Milk Moonsnail to you!!!!

 

This mini shell is adorable and unfortunately, I only have one specimen which I found in Fort Lauderdale, FL in Nov, 2012.

Marginellas!!!

 Another "M" shell for you! Hmmmmm..... sounds like some March Madness to me...

 

These Marginellas might be several different species, so in my next post I'll look into that and show you all of them closer. :D

 

The Shiny Atlantic Auger. Once again, I found these in Fort Lauderdale.

 Spiny Slippershell. These guys are hermaphroditic. This means that they can switch genders. In fact, Slippershells begin their lives as males and then, in response to environmental stimuli, transform into females.

Button Shells are ADORABLE! These minis feed on detritus and algae. Also, the young hatch as a miniature version of the parent, not as free-swimming larvae.

 

So that's all the cuteness for today!

 

See ya later,

Yaroshelllava :D