ABALONE SHELLS

Abalone are a type of marine snail from the Haliotidae family.   The structure of the shell is a low open spiral with several respiratory holes in a row near the edge.   The innermost layer of the shell is composed of nacre or mother-of-pearl.   Consequently these shells are very iridescent with a large range of strong and changeable colors.   Throught history the abalone shell has been considered very attractive for use as a source of decorative pieces.

MUSSEL SHELLS

A bag of half dozen mussel shells that can be used as paint basins or for decoration.

Item #SH002:  $1.50

STARFISH

Choose between two natural or colored large starfish or four mini natural starfish.

TWO  -  Item #SH003:  $1.00

FOUR MINI  -  Item #SH003C:  $1.00

SAND DOLLARS

Choose between two larger off-white California Sand Dollars or four small white Carribean Sand Dollars.

SHARK TEETH

Sharks have teeth that are modified scales with the same structure as out teeth.   They can have up to 3,000 teeth at a time arranged in multiple rows.   As these teeth are worn out or lost they are replaced by the continuously growing teeth from the row behind.   The front row teeth are often replaced every 10-14 days when the shark is actively feeding.   The ocean floor can often be covered by modern shed shark teeth for divers to collect.   These tiny shark teeth are examples from a Sandtiger Shark that has thin, sharp, knife-like teeth designed to catch and hold slippery fish.   The darker colored varieties have started to become fossilized.   An attempt is made to send whole examples but some breakage might be visible.   Come in sets of Four.

Item #SH005:  $1.00

SHELL JAR

A small glass jar filled with small miscellaneous shells.

Item #SH006:  $2.50

SHELL BASKET

A small basket filled with small miscellaneous shells.

Item #SH011:  $4.00

FOSSIL SHELLS

These shell fossils are from the Oregon coast.   They vary considerably in size and configuration and the degree of fossilization.   Most are fossilized clam shells.

Item #SH014:  $25.00

CORAL

A medium sized piece of natural coral.   There is quite some variation between these pieces in terms of configuration, color, and type.

Item #SH015A:  $5.00

BALANUS

These are small rock dwelling shell inhabiting creatures.   Comes in sets of two.

Item #SH016:  $1.00

CONCH SHELLS

These are conch shells from around the world.   Choose between a large white version from which you can easily hear the sea or a much smaller more colorful version.

LARGE  -  Item #SH017:  $40.00

SMALL  -  Item #SH018:  $3.50