APHOTOMARINE

An Educational Photographic Resource and Stock Image Library
of the Sea, Maritime Environment, Marine and Rockpool Life in the
Coastal Waters of South-West England by David Fenwick.

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Necklace shell
Lunatia catena
- shell / hermit crab / snail fur 1

Necklace shell
Lunatia catena
- shell 1

Necklace shell
Lunatia catena
- shell 2

Necklace shell
Lunatia catena
- shell 3

Necklace shell
Lunatia catena
- shell 4

Necklace shell
Lunatia catena
- shell 5

Necklace shell
Lunatia catena
- shell mouth 1

Necklace shell
Lunatia catena
- shell mouth 2

The Large necklace shell or Moon snail is one of our larger marine snails more commonly found on the beaches of the south coast than the north, especially common in St. Austell Bay area; where the smaller Alder’s necklace shell, Euspira pulchella, can also be found. The shells are quite light shell for their size, and frequently washes up on the high tidemark amongst seaweed.

Images taken at Crinnis Beach (Carlyon Bay), St. Austell; and Spit Point, Par, Cornwall.

Scientific and European Names:
Lunatia catena, Euspira catena, Polinices catena, Natica catena, Necklace shell, Moon snail, European necklace shell, Halsbandnabelschnecke, Gewone tepelhoorn, Natice porte-chaîne, Caracol de luna.

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