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SA Shell Images

Images of Shells found along South Africa's Coasts
Here you will find awesome images of some of South Africa's most spectacular shell species. Enjoy, and be inspired!

Cypraeovula fuscodentata sphaerica Lorenz, 2002 - 33.3mm - Cape St Francis, Eastern Cape

Leporicypraea rosea aliwalensis Lorenz, 2002 - 66mm - Southern KwaZulu-Natal

Mauritia arabica immanis Schilder & Schilder, 1939 - 88.5mm - Scottburgh, KwaZulu-Natal

Erosaria cernica (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870) - 22mm - Southern KwaZulu-Natal

Erosaria citrina (Gray, 1825) - 26.8mm - Hibberdene, KwaZulu-Natal

Erosaria gangranosa (Dillwyn, 1817) - 22.6mm - (ex pisce) - Off Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal

Erosaria helvola argella (Linnaeus, 1758) - 23.5mm - Thompson's Bay "hidden beach", KwaZulu-Natal

Lyncina vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758) - 46mm - Reunion

Rocks, KwaZulu-Natal

Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758) - 39mm - KwaZulu-Natal

Ovatipsa chinensis violacea (Rous, 1905) - 38mm - Umzumbe, KwaZulu-Natal

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