Tag Archives: shells

Straight to Shell

Monday, 31st Oct, 2022 by Krilling for Company in Aesthetics, Art, Biology, Conchology, Marine Biology, Natural History, Science, The Sea and tagged Artforms in Nature, Conchologie, Ernst Haeckel, German art, German biologist, German scientist, Kunstformen der Natur, seashells, shells | Leave a comment

Ernst Haeckel’s “Prosobranchia” from Kunstformen der Natur (1904), or Artforms in Nature

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…

Gold ’Lusk

Tuesday, 9th May, 2017 by Krilling for Company in Biology, Marine Biology, The Sea and tagged Conchology, flat periwinkle, flat-topped winkle, gastropoda, gastropods, Littorina, Littorina obtusa, live winkle, marine biology, mollusca, molluscs, mollusks, periwinkle, periwinkles, sand, sea-life, seashells, seashore, seaweed, shells, water. the sea, wildlife photography, yellow winkle | Leave a comment

Flat periwinkle, Littorina obtusa (Linnaeus, 1758)*

*Possibly.

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Previously pre-posted:

• Walking Winkle

Walking Winkle

Friday, 15th Jul, 2016 by Krilling for Company in Biology, Marine Biology, Photography, The Sea and tagged Conchology, flat periwinkle, flat-topped winkle, gastropoda, gastropods, Littorina, Littorina obtusa, live winkle, marine biology, periwinkle, periwinkles, sand, sea-life, seashells, seashore, shells, wildlife photography, winkle on sand, yellow winkle | Leave a comment

Flat periwinkle, Littorina obtusa (Linnaeus, 1758)*

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*Possibly.