Price shown per shell

Shell size: 30+cm.

Description & Application:
A popular natural shell from approved sources which our clients have used for educational, display and photographic work.

The largest shells of any species tend to less perfect that smaller specimens. Such is the case with these feature size shells which are offered as a "B" grade due to pitting of their external surface, less well defined shape and colours.
Never-the-less these large shells are idea for garden and conservatory planting as well as a focus for table centre decoration.

Background:
"Spiders" are part of the conch family which are salt water snails that vary in size from small to very large.

Most species live on warm sandy bottoms in tropical waters in Indo-Pacific Oceans, and many are economically important as food sources.

The animal inside the shell is eaten, either raw like oysters, steamed or stir fried. All parts of the conch meat are edible. However, most people only find the white meat appetising.

Conch Shells in History: In Mayan art large conches were used as paint and ink holders for scribes, as bugles and hand weapons.

Classification: Lambis Truncata Lightfoot