Do Marine Hermit Crabs Kill Snails For Their Shells?
A hermit crab inside a crown conch shell while the snail is still inside makes me question what is going on here?
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Classifying Seashells
I am not in love with science. I call my shells by their common names and pay little attention to the Latin names and don’t really care which “family” they belong to, but I realize that some people might. So this is my attempt to explain the classification of seashells, beginning with the “Class”. The […]
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The Red Abalone
Abalones live where the rocks are, near shore or sometimes in quite deep water, and move around on a large, muscular foot. This is the best reason I can think of for not finding them in Florida – not many rocks. I’ve never seen one here, nor are they mentioned in my seashell ID book. […]
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