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Carrier shells

Leeds Museums & Galleries

Leeds Museums & Galleries
United Kingdom

These animals make themselves bigger, spinier and more camouflaged by cementing objects to their shells as they grow. Carrier Shells use their ‘foot’ to hold an object at the edge of its shell. Then they make new shell material that hardens and fixes the object in place.

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  • Title: Carrier shells
  • Subject Keywords: Mollusc
  • Type: Mollusc
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