Real seashell of Dog Whelk - Nucella lapillus specimen encased in clearlucite material. The specimen is crystal clear, transparent and indestructible. Safe, authentic and completely unbreakable product put the seashell right at your fingertips

Anyone can safely explore the seashell from every angle.

It is clear enough for microscope observation.

Size of the shell is 2.1x1.3 cm (0.8x0.4 inch).

Size of the lucite block is 4.5x3.0x1.8 cm (1.8x1.2x0.7 inch).

Weight of the block is 20 g and 30 g with packing box.

This is a handmade real animal specimen craft. Each one will be a bit different (specimen size, color and posture) even in the same production batch.
The pictures in the listing are just for reference as we are selling multiple pieces with same pictures.
 

It is an ideal learning aid for students and kids and also a very good collectible item for every body. 

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Dog Whelk - Nucella lapillus

Order: Neogastropoda  Family: Muricidae  Genus: Nucella

The dog whelk, dogwhelk, or Atlantic dogwinkle (Nucella lapillus) is a species of predatory sea snail, a carnivorous marine gastropod in the family Muricidae, the rock snails.

This species is found around the coasts of Europe and in the northern west Atlantic coast of North America. It also can be found in estuarine waters along the Atlantic coasts. This species prefers rocky shores, where it eats mussels and acorn barnacles.

The dog whelk shell is small and rounded with a pointed spire and a short, straight siphonal canal (a groove on the underside of the shell) and a deep anal canal. The overall shell shape varies quite widely according to the degree of exposure to wave action of the shore on which a particular population lives but the body whorl (the largest section of the shell where the majority of the visceral mass is located) is usually around 3/4 of the total length of the shell. The aperture is usually crenulated in mature dog whelks, less often in juveniles.

The shell surface can be fairly smooth interrupted only with growth lines, or when the snail is living in more sheltered areas the shell surface can be somewhat rough and lamellose. The surface is spirally corded. The outer lip is dentate and ridged within. The columella is smooth.

The external shell colour is usually a whitish grey, but can be a wide variety of orange, yellow, brown, black, or banded with any combination of these colours. They can even, occasionally, be green, blue, or pink.

The dog whelk lives on rocky shores, and in estuarine conditions. Climatically it lives between the 0 °C and 20 °C isotherms.