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Kid
Travel
TIps
for Identifying Sea shell
Beach Finds
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~ Sea shells
are marvellous creations of this earth, such wonderous shapes and so beautiful
to look at
~ when you put your ear upon a large sea shell you can hear the ocean
rumble
~ collecting sea shells
is a fun kids activity for a beach vacation, trying to identify seashells
can bring some learning into your day too
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Identify
Sea Shell
Beach Combing Finds
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Seashells make
a nice momento to remind you of your perfect family beach vacation
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~ Collecting seashells
is a great kid activity for younger and older kids and indeed adults alike
- a pastime that can be shared with all members of the family even the youngest
ones
How indentifying sea shell and ocean shells can start
~ you can classify shells by their physical characteristics; shape, size,
color, type.
~ To begin to identify seashell start by looking at your shell collection
~ Lay them out on a flat surface ready to compare
~ Start to sort your shell collection into sea shells and ocean shells of
similar characteristics
~ Look at the different weightts
~ scroll down for some indentification of seashell guides
~ If you an avid seashell collector then a good beginner book is a good
idea for further study
A First Look at Seashells by Selsam, Millicent Ellis gives a good
beginner introduction to identifying sea shell finds,explaining how they
are classified and describing the differences that distinguish one kind
of seashell from another.
~ click here of into on how to tips for Cleaning
Sea shell beachcombing finds
Here some beginner tips for identifying sea shells ...
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Sea shells and Ocean Shells can
be used for many sea shell crafts and even to make sea
shell jewellery
~ indentifying sea
shell is easy for the most common ones just
think the most precious of sea shells contain pearls inside of them that
are used to make beautiful pearl jewellery
- you would be very lucky to find one of those
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Kid
Sea Shell Collector
Tips
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| Cleaning
Sea Shell Finds |
| Indentifying
Sea Shell Finds |
| Sea
Shell Picture Gallery |
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Indentifying
Sea
shell
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~Sea
shells for sea shell crafts and sea
shell jewellery can be collected from many beaches
~ try making sea shell candles with leftover wax too
~ just make sure cleaning sea shells is done properly
and then you can try out many sea
shell crafts
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Sea
Shell Picture Gallery
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Start with this category
identification guide to the seashells you might find while beachcombing:
Mollusks
~Seashells belong the kingdom Mollusca
~they are soft fleshy slug like creatures
~ that have an hard external skeleton for protection
~ mollusks can be found in slaty sea water where they are called sea shells
and fresh water like snails
There are 2 main types
of seashells
Gastropod seashells
~these sea shells are
univalve ~ univalve seas shells means that the seashells that are not
hinged or joined together.
Bivalve seashells
~ these seashells are bivalve
~ bivalve se shells means that there are 2 pieces of that seashell that
are hinged together
for further information on identifying your seashells and ocean shells
look at this pictorial seashell
identification guide
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mauritian
sea shells
found in the indian ocean
click to enlarge seashell photo

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Watch
out when cleaning seashell !!
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Seashells
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Be a responsible sea shell collector!!
~ protected seashells should never be cleaned or even touched as they are
living creatures of this earth
~ corals and seashells should not be taken when diving in the sea or even
snorkelling around a coral reef
~ they are there to be admired and respected and to LEAVE for other people
to enjoy and for to earth to sustain itself
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sea
shells treasures
are even more precious
when you are successful in identifying sea shell
finds
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