Anyone know their shells?

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:24 am

or specifically their sea molluscs?

This one is my daughters favourite, and its a whopper,about 8 inches long!
The aperture is big enough to fit a baseball in I reckon!

A natural fractal!

I have a shot of the whole thing but its way over the forum limit, not in file size but in object size. In other words its not anywhere near macro!

Aynia · Post by **Aynia** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:31 am

It's very nice.!!!

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:03 pm

Aynia wrote:It's very nice.!!!

I'd love to meet the creature that lived in it!

Cyberspider · Post by **Cyberspider** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:04 pm

beautiful shapes...this animal is not aero dynamic

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:21 pm

Cyberspider wrote:beautiful shapes...this animal is not aero dynamic

no. bu then its supposed to be hydro dynamic

Cyberspider · Post by **Cyberspider** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:35 pm

Hi Cyclops,

i read in another thread you have Tarantulas (Birdspiders)? Is that true? What species do you have?

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 2:28 pm

Yes i have 5. i will send you message so as not to go off topic here

Mike B in OKlahoma · Post by **Mike B in OKlahoma** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:41 pm

Lovely subject, but I have no idea what it is.

With the EOS 10D and Vivitar macro lens, you have my first actual macro setup from a few years back! You can do a lot of good work with that combination. The Vivitar had to be the most bang for the buck in the macro world. I gave mine away to a poor friend, unfortunately they no longer seem to be sold in the USA, at least.

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:54 am

Mike B in OKlahoma wrote:With the EOS 10D and Vivitar macro lens, you have my first actual macro setup from a few years back! You can do a lot of good work with that combination. The Vivitar had to be the most bang for the buck in the macro world. I gave mine away to a poor friend, unfortunately they no longer seem to be sold in the USA, at least.

Yea I got mine for free when a friend on a photography website gave it to me about 5 years ago. Its very dusty inside but is good and sharp!

Harold Gough · Post by **Harold Gough** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:09 am

Very exotic! Where is it from?

Harold

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:56 pm

Harold Gough wrote:Very exotic! Where is it from?

Harold

Haven't a clue,grandma found it for my daughter

Harold Gough · Post by **Harold Gough** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:16 am

It seems not to be anything in my European/Mediterranean books but there are a lot of species. All that can be said is that it is a Gastropod.

Harold

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:12 am

Harold Gough wrote:It seems not to be anything in my European/Mediterranean books but there are a lot of species. All that can be said is that it is a Gastropod.

Harold

The closest i could find in my seashore guide is one called a Helmet Shell,in a group called Necklace Shells,but i forget the scientific name

Harold Gough · Post by **Harold Gough** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:33 am

The genus is Cassidaria but that gets me no further in finding a match.

Harold

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:00 am

Harold Gough wrote:The genus is Cassidaria but that gets me no further in finding a match.

Harold

Yea thats it! There's one in the group with a 10 inch fin! I'd like to post a pic of the whole shell if possible.