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Sanibel shell museum: This tiny, cream-colored shell was found in 28,000 feet of water

The Moskalev's Limpet is a small, cream-colored shell with a conical shape. This shell is found in the Puerto Rico Trench, the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean. Note to readers: This is Part 1 in a ...
Ever After in the Woods

The Little-Known Florida Museum That Houses One Of The World’s Most Impressive Shell Collections

This little-known Florida museum on Sanibel Island features one of the world’s most impressive shell collections, plus a live ...
The News-Press

Sanibel shell museum: This iconic shell is one of the most desirable in SWFL

The Junonia is a coveted shell found off the coasts of Florida. It is distinguished by its attractive brownish spots. The shell is part of the Volutidae family. Note to readers: This is Part 3 in a ...

Florida museum features healthy collection of elusive junonia shells

The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum and Aquarium on Sanibel has a collection of more than 600,000 shells. The elusive ...
Hawaii News Now

Hawaii family’s huge collection of shells from around the globe is up for sale

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A special shell collection is up for bid on Oahu. A family from St. Louis Heights is putting their enormous shell collection up for sale. Judi Breisch said her father ...
Artnet

Long-Lost Shells Collected by Captain Cook on His Final Voyage Go on View

Bridget Atkinson built this collection. Born in 1732, Atkinson and her sister were raised at Kirkoswald by their widowed mother, who taught them how to write and sent them to study homemaking in ...
The Independent

Shells from Captain Cook’s third voyage ‘lost for 40 years’ are saved from skip

An 18th century shell collection from Captain James Cook’s third voyage, thought lost for more than 40 years, has been returned to English Heritage after being saved from a skip in “nothing short of a ...
The Florida Times-Union

Harry Lee: His love for shells sparks lifelong collection

As a young boy, Harry Lee would often visit his grandmother in South Orange, N.J. Her next-door neighbor, a retired scissors maker, was a shell collector who gave the young Lee one of his shells. "I ...
The Daily Telegraph

Shells collected on Captain Cook’s final voyage rescued from skip

Marine zoologist Dr John Buchanan saved more than 200 specimens feared lost forever in the 1980s Craig Simpson is Arts Correspondent for The Telegraph covering the major issues affecting British arts ...
The News Journal

On drab green shelves, hide millions of shells

Enter the doors of Delaware Museum of Natural History and you are surrounded by towering skeletons of prehistoric beasts, a wall of eggs from around the world and even a giant squid overhead. Take a ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Onslow museum is new home for seashell collection 60 years in the making

The former fisherman has been collecting shells for more than 60 years The Shire of Ashburton bought Mr Baker's collection for $200,000 It hopes the collection will be a drawcard for tourists to the ...