Sea Shells (Definitive)

United Arab Emirates3 April 1993Draft

25 Fils -CONUS TEXTILE: Adult size L 40-120mm, Uncommon species very poisonous. Basic colour is ivory to orange-brown superimposed with a wide variety of wavy lines t in tent-like formations. 50 Fils -PINCTADA RADIATA: Adult size 80-200mm. Very common species which L was a very important source of pearls. It has a long, straight hinge line and no teeth. Interior is mother-of-pearl . 100 Fils -MUREX SCOLOPAX : Adult size 40-180mm. Uncommon species which - lives is shallow water is muddy sand and can I. be easily stepped on with a bare foot resulting l in broken spines embedded in ones foot. 150 Fils -NA TICA PULICARIS : Adult L size 15-30mm. Uncommon species, with " round ball-like shell with a depressed spire and very large body whirl. 175 Fils -LAMBIS TRUNCA T A SEBAE: Adult size 200-350mm. Very common giant species which decorates many a window-ledge C in the Middle East. It is extremely solid and L strong, so much so that fishermen in ancient L times used hundreds of dead, piled up shells L as walls for sea-side huts. 200 Fils -CARDIT A BICOLOR : Adult size 16-55mm. Common species very beautiful, creamy-white in colour with brown spots L or dashes on radial ribbing. 250 Fils -CYPRAEA GRAY ANA: Adult size 20- 78mm. Very common species of :. cowries with a fairly large shell with a humped /3 back and a flat base.