LYROPECTEN NODOSUS
"LION'S PAW"

FASCIOLARIA DISTANS
"BANDED TULIP"

DIODORA CAYENENSIS
"KEYHOLE LIMPET"

ANATINA PLICATELLA
"CHANNELED DUCK"




WHERE TO LOOK*



Many shells are endowed with perfect camouflage. The colorful
seafans off Florida are hiding places for the SIMNIA whose long
purple or yellow shells, clinging to sea fans and matching
perfectly in color, are nearly indiscernible. Other shells create
disguises as they go along. In Florida waters, a pile of dead and
broken shells may be worth investigation: XENOPHORA CONCHYLIOPHORA
("carrier shell") might be under it; it cements the old, discarded
shells to its own. Northern tide pools accommodate many kinds of
LITTORINA ("periwinkles"). These pretty little shells, in shades
from yellow to brown, are well concealed among the dimly-lit seaweed.