. The shell book . bbed, the ground colour flesh pink, the base white. The bodyis bright yellow, brown and pink. The mantle is broad, itssurface covered with papillae, brownish yellow or white, oftendotted with scarlet and purple. Length, i to J inch. 33 The Cowries. Venus Shells The animal is very active but also shy, quick to withdraw intothe shell at the first sign of danger. Nun and Stick-farthingare names by which this plentiful mollusk is known on some partsof the English Coast. Gowry was the old form of Kingsley describes this mollusk as hanging a few inchesbelow a rock to
. The shell book . bbed, the ground colour flesh pink, the base white. The bodyis bright yellow, brown and pink. The mantle is broad, itssurface covered with papillae, brownish yellow or white, oftendotted with scarlet and purple. Length, i to J inch. 33 The Cowries. Venus Shells The animal is very active but also shy, quick to withdraw intothe shell at the first sign of danger. Nun and Stick-farthingare names by which this plentiful mollusk is known on some partsof the English Coast. Gowry was the old form of Kingsley describes this mollusk as hanging a few inchesbelow a rock to which it has attached itself by a glutinous also saw it float in an aquarium by means of a glutinous bubbleto which it had a similar thread attachment. The distribution of this species on stony bottoms from lowwater to 100 fathoms depth, and from the Mediterranean to theNorwegian coasts, indicates unusual powers of adaptation todifferent temperatures and depths. The largest forms occurfarthest north. 134. COWRIES AND COFFEE BEAN SHELLS California Coffee Bean Shell, Trivia Coffee Bean Shell, Trivia pcdicula 3, 4 5 Tiger Cowry, Cyprtra Cowr>% Cyprxa Argus.
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