. The shell book . CONE SHELLS AND A CONCH SHELL 1 California Cone, Conns Calilornicus. 2 Marbled Cone Shell, Conus marmoralus. 3 Fighting Conch Shell. Slrombus Lettered Cone Shell, Coitus literatus. 5 Virgin Cone Shell, Conns ivgo, showing absorption of inner coils of I \t SHlvLL AM) CONCH SHELLS2 Sirombus auris-Diana 3 Slrombus Pemnama 4 Strombus costalus The Conch Shells when pursued. If placed on its back, it rights itself by a somer-sault. A downward slope is a great advantage, for here theweight of the shell becomes a propulsive force, and the foot iskept busy lifting t
. The shell book . CONE SHELLS AND A CONCH SHELL 1 California Cone, Conns Calilornicus. 2 Marbled Cone Shell, Conus marmoralus. 3 Fighting Conch Shell. Slrombus Lettered Cone Shell, Coitus literatus. 5 Virgin Cone Shell, Conns ivgo, showing absorption of inner coils of I \t SHlvLL AM) CONCH SHELLS2 Sirombus auris-Diana 3 Slrombus Pemnama 4 Strombus costalus The Conch Shells when pursued. If placed on its back, it rights itself by a somer-sault. A downward slope is a great advantage, for here theweight of the shell becomes a propulsive force, and the foot iskept busy lifting the shell into positions of unstable equilibrium,when a slight push of the operculum sends it rolling down is convenient in getting back to the water after beingstranded on the beach. The giant conch is the scavenger of our tropical beaches;it is believed to subsist wholly on carrion. The sense of smellis as keen as the remarkable eyesight. Dead fish and otheranimal refuse attract great numbers to the spot where it isplaced. These creatures are easily captured with a bait of turn they are used as food by part of the population of theBahamas, and at Key West. Indeed, the inhabitantsare called conchs in mild contempt by Floridians andothers whose taste in shell fi
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