Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium

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Two views of the same spider conch shell side by side on a black background. On the left a color photograph shows a cream shell streaked with brown, its outer lip drawn out into six long curved claw-like projections. On the right an X-ray of the same shell renders the projections as translucent gray and reveals the coiled interior as a fan of bright ribs running up the center.

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The Shell on National Geographic Has No Exhibit Yet

National Geographic ran a photograph of a shell as its Photo of the ...