I can't walk along a beach without picking up a pocketful of shells but it's a while since I've seen this one - a Faroe sunset shell Gari fervensis, picked up on Warkworth beach yesterday.....
.... and here's where the name comes from - markings like rays of the setting sun on the horizon.
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A very appropriate name for it. It's quite a few years since I did a bit of beachcombing.
ReplyDeleteLovely shell, and I can see how it got its name.
ReplyDeleteA serendipitous name I think. I like the shape of the shell too.
ReplyDeleteHi Keith and John, beachcombing always seems to throw up surprises...
ReplyDeleteHi Toffeeapple, I like the asymmetry of it..
ReplyDeleteLOvely shell. You get so many surprises on a beach!
ReplyDeleteHi lotusleaf, especially after stormy waether, when all sorts of interesting objects are washed up.....
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