Nautilus Shells 4-5” Tiger Striped Chambered table Agaricia agaricites

Agaricia agaricites

rather than with a toothed hinge as is more common in other bivalves

The horse conch is one of the spindle shells – family Fasciolariidae

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Chiragra spider conchs are common from the Eastern Indian Ocean to Polynesia

Nautilus Shells 4-5” Tiger Striped Chambered table Agaricia agaricitesNautilus have a well developed nervous system and highly developed eyes. Surrounding the mouth are many tentacles. Nautilus are the only cephalopod to have a true external shell. Naturalists, mathematicians and physicists have been fascinated for years by the form of this shell. The spirally coiled, chambered shell is perfectly proportioned mathematically, a remarkable feat of natural engineering. Air is moved through the many chambers to control