Category Archives: Conchology

Foam Comb

Thursday, 11th Jul, 2019 by Krilling for Company in Biology, Conchology, Marine Biology, The Sea and tagged Conchology, gastropods, marine biology, molluscs, mollusks, Murex, Murex pecten, murex shells, sea-shells, shells, the sea, Venus comb murex | Leave a comment

A Venus comb murex, Murex pecten (Lightfoot 1786)

Eyeway to Shell

Thursday, 29th Nov, 2018 by Krilling for Company in Art, Conchology, Marine Biology, The Sea and tagged art, classical art, Conchology, Dutch art, Dutch painter, Dutch painting, faces made from shells, Flemish, Flemish painter, Holland, Jan van Kessel the Elder, marine life, Masques made with Seashells, molluscs, mollusks, oil-painting, painting, seashells, shells | Leave a comment

Masques made with Seashells by Jan van Kessel the Elder (1626-79) (click for larger)

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Previously pre-posted:

• Eyeway to Ell — a better paronamasia than this one…

Psychedelic Slug

Thursday, 14th Dec, 2017 by Krilling for Company in Conchology, Marine Biology, Photography, The Sea and tagged gastropods, marine biology, marine life, nudibranchs, sea slug, the sea, underwater photography | Leave a comment

Sea Slug

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Previously pre-posted (please peruse):

• Slug is a Drug — Collins Complete Guide to British Coastal Wildlife (2012)

Troch’ and Roll

Saturday, 29th Jul, 2017 by Krilling for Company in Biology, Conchology, Natural History, Photography and tagged land snails, land-snail, mollusc, mollusca, nature photography, snail, snail feeding, Strawberry snail, Trochalus striolatus | Leave a comment

Strawberry snail, Trochalus striolatus (Pfeiffer, 1828)*

(Click for larger)

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*Possibly.