One of my hobbies is collecting shells on the beach. My favorite size to
collect is between the size of a coarse grain of sand and a popcorn
kernel. I find that shells this size have more intricate patterns,
brighter colors and once collected take up much less space to store.
For a long time I didn't know that shells that small existed, when I did
figure it out it was on accident. I had taken up a handful of sand and
was looking through it. It was full of tiny specks of olivine, small
pebbles, bits of coral and tiny pink and white shells. After that I
began to look only for tiny shells. I soon realized that the tide lines
were covered in these shells. I've tried to identify a few but I'm more
of a botanist than a conchologist. I've put the shells on dimes or on a pencil for size comparison.
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| A shell rainbow. |
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| Barley grain trivia (Trivirostra hordacea) are a species of allied cowrie. They reach a length of 6 mm. |
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| These are a few of my pink shells. I don't know the names of most of them but I like them best because of their beautiful patterns. |
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Julia exquisita, these attain a maximum length of about 7 mm.
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| Knobby snail (Modulus tectum) |
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