Altar to Cymbula oculusMuseo Malacologico Malakos
This series wants to highlight the peculiarity of some specimens present in the museum's collection. The mollusks depicted are particularly interesting for their characteristics, such as shapes and colors that create a significant visual impact. Light enhances the silhouette of these shells; their appearance is reminiscent of natural and anthropic elements. In the images represented, the viewer can see from an unusual perspective what is normally classified with objective and scientific criteria.
A Cymbula oculus in backlight; only in South Africa
Turritella terebra hornMuseo Malacologico Malakos
A “rhinoceros horn” that lives on the sandy bottoms of the Indo-Pacific (Turritella terebra)
Vasum ceramicumMuseo Malacologico Malakos
A top view of a Vasum ceramicum from Indonesia
Glossus humanusMuseo Malacologico Malakos
Although the heart is the symbol of warmth, this prefers the cold waters of Northern Europe (Glossus humanus)
CypraeidaeMuseo Malacologico Malakos
Once this was known as the very rare Cypraea guttata; today it's called Perisserosa guttata and is commonly fished under 100 meters of depth
Harpa costataMuseo Malacologico Malakos
The harmonious Harpa costata were and remain one of the rarest shells of the Mauritius Islands
Mikadotrochus hiraseiMuseo Malacologico Malakos
The warm oriental colors of a japanese specimen of Mikadotrochus hirasei
Cymbiola imperialisMuseo Malacologico Malakos
This crown of thorns lives only in the Philippines (Cymbiola imperialis)
MuricidaeMuseo Malacologico Malakos
Two very close relatives: Chicoreus palmarosae from Sri Lanka (left) and Chicoreus saulii from the Philippines (right)
Ceratostoma burnetti nutsMuseo Malacologico Malakos
The Ceratostoma burnetti prefers the cold waters of northern Japan and those icy temperatures of the Bering Sea
The space shuttle, Haliotis rubra rubraMuseo Malacologico Malakos
Just like a "flying saucer", the Haliotis ruber lives only in South Australia
Harpa dorisMuseo Malacologico Malakos
The variegated colors of the beautiful Harpa doris that lives along the tropical coast of West Africa
Babylonia spirata & Babylonia formosae sistersMuseo Malacologico Malakos
The magical spirals of two Babylonia’s shells
Similar but different, Turbo argyrostomusMuseo Malacologico Malakos
The Turbo argyrostomus has an impenetrable home door
Spondylus squamosusMuseo Malacologico Malakos
Spondylus spend their whole life attached to the rocks and hidden between algae and sponges
Spondylus echinatusMuseo Malacologico Malakos
The impenetrable armor of the Spondylus echinatus
Volcano, Swiftopecten swiftiiMuseo Malacologico Malakos
The Swiftopecten swiftii is native to the cold waters of the northern Pacific coasts of Japan and Russia
Nemocardium becheiMuseo Malacologico Malakos
The toothed rainbow of a philippinian Nemocardium
Double face, Spondylus zonalisMuseo Malacologico Malakos
The bicolored Spondylus butleri
The dancer, Siratus alabasterMuseo Malacologico Malakos
The Siratus alabaster lives in the muddy depths of Japan and Philippines
Babelomurex sp.Museo Malacologico Malakos
Babelomurex live by parasitizing corals and madrepores
Babelomurex memimarumaiMuseo Malacologico Malakos
Epitonium scalareMuseo Malacologico Malakos
Gaudì was inspired by the Epitonum scalare in designing the spiral staircases of the Sagrada Familia
The fishbone, Murex pecten pectenMuseo Malacologico Malakos
Legend has it that this was the comb of Venus (Murex pecten)
The sun, Bolma girgyllusMuseo Malacologico Malakos
The sunrise interpreted by a Bolma girgyllus
Chinese lantern, Rapa rapaMuseo Malacologico Malakos
This species feeds on soft corals in which it lives buried (Rapa rapa)
Cyrtopleura costata wingsMuseo Malacologico Malakos
A pair of angel wings (Cyrtopleura costata)
Balanus sp. Volcanic IslandMuseo Malacologico Malakos
A chain of volcanoes (Barnacles)
Haliotis irisMuseo Malacologico Malakos
The wonderful mother of pearl of the Haliotis iris (New Zealand)
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