From collection Mount Desert Island Historical Society - LaRue Spiker Collection
Shells on the Sand
8 X 10 black and white photograph of nine shells arranged in the sun on the sand. Three larger shells near to bottom of photo. Paper attatched to back, “ Each species of snail produces a shell distinctive in size shape color, and texture; but the basic method of manufacturing the shell is similar in all species. Common names for species vary. Most people recognize the big shell at the top as a Tulip Shell. Second row from the top, left to right; Old Maid’s Curl, Cone, Chestnut Turban, and Left.Handed Whelk; small one in center is a Dislocated Auger; bottom row, left to right: Lace Murex, Shark’s Eye, and Paper Fig.
Details
Nine Shells, by LaRue Spiker
8in x 10in
8 X 10
Nature shells
