I really like shells, I have a collection at home (found on the beach, never collected living shells) but I like them best alive. who can help me fill this online-BT-living shell-showcase?

I'll start with some easy finds:

some flamingo tongues:

Gills, as usual, stunning!

First time I have seen Flamingo tongues with foot and siphon extended. Cool.

yeah, good stuff;)

and something else to look for next trip...

thanks,

Glen, nice footwear they have huh? if you want to see it, go on a night dive where there is plenty soft coral like margate bay. At night they are more active and you'll see it for sure.

also take a look at the underwater "dessert" (sand flats) at night, it comes alive:

olive shell:



atlantic sundial:

sorry, previous one does not belong in a shell collection, back to topic.
Music volute:



someone else some shells?

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Gils, the olive shell is very stunning too! I can picture in my mind the conch shells I saw my last trip...sitting in the sand between the double reefs on the South end...lol! Sponge, you don't have any shells? I wonder if Brain has any...

I have a stunning Triton's Trumpet (if I do say so myself) but cannot post it from work for some reason. I will try to remember to post it tonite.

Fabulous pics so far !!! More please.

hey gills,

hope to see you this june or juli.
we can go blue water snorkeling.
great shell shots.

gillan

i can't say i have even seen a shell on a dive...

guess i'll have to pay more attention

cynde, i love the conch! did you see those cute eyes?

conch eye:

Kelly,did you see that triton's trumpet on bonaire? rare find! I live here (and always look for shells) and only saw a living Triton a few times!
Hi bud, I still smile when i think of our wahoo, didn't see one since. Have to do that again. Hope to see you soon.
Bob do you do nightdives? most of the shells come out to play at night and sometimes you almost need a magnifier.

Kelly,did you see that triton's trumpet on bonaire? rare find! I live here (and always look for shells) and only saw a living Triton a few times!
Hi bud, I still smile when i think of our wahoo, didn't see one since. Have to do that again. Hope to see you soon.
Bob do you do nightdives? most of the shells come out to play at night and sometimes you almost need a magnifier.

nice shells;)

here's something in a shell...these things crawl around your patio at night...they DO NOT have CUTE eyes;)

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hey bob, good idea, i have one too:




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maybe not cute eyes but i do like them:

and another hermit in a rare chocolate-lined topshell. nice house!!

though i like the living chocolate-line topshell better,maybe also because they are rare, but look at the striped foot/body:

Fantastic photos Gills! Thank you for starting this thread....and keeping it going!

Absolutely Stunning Photos! I agree, keep them coming please folks!

Gils, the chocolate striped shell is very very cool! It looks like spun gold!

2 ???'s cleaning or eating something off a nurse shark.

And atlantic tritons trumpet sucking out a cushion sea star.

Hi, Bas ! Here is a picture of a tritons trumpet from our dive at Lac Cai last month.

Great pictures Bas and Kelly!!
Bas that's more than just shell pictures, that series is shell behaviour, fantastic shots! Those are nassarius shells and most of the time they are buried in the sand. they are scavengers and have a great sense of smell. when they smell food they come out of the sand and wave their long siphons to find the direction to the meal. you can see that perfectly in your pics!(especially in the first) maybe there are some shark food leftovers they try to find. they move rather fast don't they? did you see them there on other occasions?

One more picture and i go to bed, i posted it before but it belongs in the collection.

Atlantic gray cowrie:

Thanks Gills beautiful pictures

While looking for sea horses, Seb and I came across what we believe is a simnia.
Here is the link.
Mare

Mare, there is only computer script there when I try the link.....

Hmmm. works for me.
try www.seaslugforum.net
then search for simnia
click on west indian ovulid in Bonaire (under results)
and there it is!

Bas, poor starfish Cool pics all.

Gills, thanks for the behavior info on the nassarius shells. I thought those long things were siphons, and looked at the pics for awhile thinking that they were LONG!

Gils, do you have a website with your pics?

Keep the pics coming

Cynde, i do have an account on a photo website but i don't update very often, so there's only a fraction of my pics on it, and mostly older stuff.
www.albumtown.com/blerkbonaire

Mare...the second link goes to the home page but if I do a search or click on a link this is what I get....
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Wild, huh? I'll try a different browser....

Babs, I don't know. Both of the links Mare posted worked for me. Just posting so Mare knows that it works for some of us. Of course, my computer knowledge is very limited, so I have no idea why it is not working for you though. Hope you get it.

Debbie, I think my computer is a SPAZ....I can't get it to show the pics from your trip report either, even though I have downloaded the most recent Quicktime program...
okay, I'll admit I may be the spaz for not figuring out how to fix all this....wah!

Where's Freddie? She's a wiz at these things! Babs, I am a spaz when the puter doesn't do what it's supposed to do as I never can fix it, always have to get hubby to do it. My fixing it always makes it worse. and then I am banned from fixing for awhile...

hey gills,

checked out your galleries - you have got some really good stuff there

for getting maximum pictures with minimum gear i think i'd be picking your brain;)

Chris, awesome shot! Gils, nice pics on your site, and I agree with bob...fantastic with the gear. I need to learn the manual settings for mine!