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MYTHS SYMBOL OF SEASHELLS Along the coastlines of the world, a great variety of shells can be found. Seashells are made by the animals that live inside them and all shells grow steadily outward. Shells are among the most remarkable designs found in nature. Examples are the chambered nautilus, the sundial shell, and the triton shell. Shells are usually perceived as feminine; a symbol of birth, good fortune, and resurrection. Bivalved mullusks represent the womb and fertility.

HELMET SHELLS INTERESTING FACTS Helmet shells have been used since the Roman Empire for everything from food to cooking pots, trumpets, and jewelry.Cassidae can grow very large and their shells resemble Roman Helmets. These are sand dwellers mainly hunting sea urchins such as sand dollars, using chemicals to penetrate through the hard case via the anus or by drilling a hole.Most cameos are made from the Bullmouth helmet shell (Cypraecassis rufa). This shell which is native to East Africa is shipped to Italy for carving into cameos. Julius Caesar presented Cleopatra with a cameo shell asa sign of his affection for the Egyptian Queen. Family: Cassidae. The Helmet family includes bonnets, false tuns, and true helmets.They number around 60 species worldwide.The larger Helmets feed on members of the sea urchin family.The helmet creature uses its radular teeth and acidic secretions to drill a hole into the shell of the urchin and digest the soft parts within.They live in shallow waters with most of the shell buried below the surface of the sand. The larger helmets build a“shield” to help them glide along the sandy sea bottom.  

Land Snails have considerable human relevance, including as food items, as pests, as vectors of disease, and their shells are used as decorative objects and are incorporated into jewelry. The snail has also had some cultural significance, and has been used as a metaphor.

OCS Seashells are naturally very beautiful objects and that is why it is a excellent idea to use them for decoration purposes. Daily we see people sharing on different platforms the DIY Seashell crafts ideas. Though one can surely visit these platforms to get an insight about the DIY Seashell crafts ideas however not all of these ideas are very easy to apply and as a beginner you may end up being in trouble. To make it easier for our collectors and audience, in this web we will present some of the most basic Seashells Souvenirs and crafts ideas which you can easily apply as a beginner of marine Curiously... . Though these Shells souvenirs and ideas are numerous however we have filtered out the below mentioned ones and suitable for Marine Collectors.