Our beautiful planet, nearly 71% covered by oceans. The blue sea has a broad mind, a variety of marine life to dazzle us, let's get to know some of our common shells and conchs, enrich their own and children's vision. The author has worked and studied at the seaside, and has also operated shell products, but the pictures are from the Internet, if there is infringement, please contact in time, will be deleted at the first time, thank you for providing us with beautiful pictures from all walks of life.
First of all, let's know the four famous snails, namely: anchovy snail, nautilus, marlboro, Tangguan snail
The anchovy snail, also known as the law snail, was used by the ancients as a sacred object and enshrined in some monasteries and temples. There are poems: "In front of the temple and the temple, the conch is sounded, and the demons are exorcised to avoid evil and ensure peace", "Blowing it is nagisa to extinguish the gods' joy, and danwen zhizhu extinguishes the sin barrier". In Buddhism, the conch is the symbol of the Buddha's Dharma sound, a symbol of wisdom and strength.
The Nautilus is a mollusk with a spiral-like shell. The shell of the Nautilus is beautiful and the structure is quite distinctive, this calcareous shell is large and thick, symmetrical from left to right, rotating along a plane as a dorsal abdomen, spiraling. The shell has a smooth, grayish-white appearance, and many orange-red ripples at the back, and the shell is composed of two layers of material, the outer layer is a magnetic layer, and the inner layer is a lustrous nacre layer. The truncated Nautilus, like a rotating staircase, and like a pleated skirt, the compartments are spun apart from small to large, which determines the rise and fall of the Nautilus.
Marlboro is a large shellfish. The overall color is golden, noble, smooth and warm, the number is rare and difficult to capture, and the collection, ornamentation and decoration value are first-class. According to folklore, collectors can recruit wealth and treasure. The placement of the Marlboro is also exquisite, and the lips facing the gate mean to welcome the nobles and treasures.
Tangguan snail, is a large conch. The shell is large and thick, up to 30 centimeters long and tall, grayish white to golden yellow, metallic luster, shaped like a tang dynasty crown cap, hence the name.
The following is the bone snail family, all belong to a kind of bone snail, the species is very large, here is only to introduce some of our common ones, welcome to add.
Witch snail
The Bone Snail, of which Venus Bone Snail, Witch Snail, and Mindara Bone Snail are very similar, and the method of differentiation is to extend the length of the thorn, which is decreasing sequentially in this article.
Hirase bone snail
Rock thorn thousand hand bone snail
Brovi bone snail
Bitter life mole bone snail
Pagoda bone snail
Proboscis snail
White hair with pupae
There are also many types of snails, and their appearance is very similar. Among them, our ancient shell coin is a kind of baoluo.
This is very familiar to everyone, especially the cross-play hand string beads will know, very beautiful.
Red frog snail
Cockroach (dàn) snail family, the species is also very large, a brief introduction to several, such as fishing boat snail coarse striped snail white rib snail black rib snail dotted line snail jade female snail flower round snail and so on.
Olive snails
Furrowed mane (mán) snail
Brown banded quail snail
Haddock wheel snails
Chicken heart snail
Golden spider snail
Sea snails
Horse dung sea urchin, this is a sea urchin covered with thorns, left behind after decay, like a dome, very cute.
Serra vortex snail
Harp snail
Small thousand hand snails
Star snail
Silver tower snail, a very beautiful shell.
Cone snail
Toshi Changluo
Wave part of the easterly snail
Green salamander snail